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Recent Examples of patchy
That can lead to patchy ears of corn.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
If your lawn is patchy, gets heavy foot traffic, or could use some extra TLC, overseeding twice a year can help.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Other potential impacts of the upcoming weather included patchy blowing dust, pockets of heavy rain and the accumulation of standing water on the roads, according to the weather service.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Organic materials like waxes decay rapidly and many cultures never wrote down their day-to-day personal care regimens, so the historical record is patchy at best.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
If your lawn is patchy, gets heavy foot traffic, or could use some extra TLC, overseeding twice a year can help.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Other potential impacts of the upcoming weather included patchy blowing dust, pockets of heavy rain and the accumulation of standing water on the roads, according to the weather service.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Organic materials like waxes decay rapidly and many cultures never wrote down their day-to-day personal care regimens, so the historical record is patchy at best.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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Additionally, several existing dilapidated buildings on the site will be demolished and their concrete recycled and partly reused to realize the new structures.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
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Dayna is unemployed and newly single, and an out-of-the-blue opportunity to fix up a dilapidated mansion into an influencer house seems like her ticket to a new life.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Williams, in a faded plaid shirt, gray hair sprouting from under a John Deere hat, paced.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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While some might have a faded tie-dye shirt in the back of their closet and listen to the occasional Grateful Dead album, seniors across the spectrum are turning to cannabis—many for the first time.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to a starring role in the viral Dubai chocolate bar—creamy pistachio paste with shredded phyllo dough (knafeh) and milk chocolate—the buttery, slightly sweet nut is breaking out of its shell.—
Sonal Dutt,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Pick up a pound of shredded pork from your favorite local barbecue joint and the meal will be ready in just 20 minutes.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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The couple spent 118 days — nearly four months — on their raft and dingy in the open water before they were rescued by chance by a passing Korean vessel.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Always look for bright, vibrant heads of lettuce and avoid brown spots or dingy yellow leaves.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Inside, the place is as decrepit as Julian, every corner cluttered with canvases, papers and enough dusty ephemera to warm the heart of any hoarder.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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As is the case across the West, many Britons are increasingly concerned and angry about rising prices, decrepit public services, a lack of housing — and the perception that immigration has been mismanaged.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Aug. 2025
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But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 Oct. 2021
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In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.—
Natasha Lavender,
SELF,
26 July 2019
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Spoon into prepared baking pan, and spread in an even layer (dough will be stiff and tacky).—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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People were calling it tacky, brave, MFA garbage, heart wrenching.—
Sarah Adler
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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