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Recent Examples of patchy
My Farsi, the language of Iran, was patchy at best.
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
Clear skies and light, calm winds will lead to cooler conditions, patchy frost, and some patchy fog on Friday morning.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2024
There's a good chance for rain showers today, along with some patchy fog this morning.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024
The town is planning to overhaul its patchy road network in a bid to ease congestion.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
Clear skies and light, calm winds will lead to cooler conditions, patchy frost, and some patchy fog on Friday morning.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2024
There's a good chance for rain showers today, along with some patchy fog this morning.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024
The town is planning to overhaul its patchy road network in a bid to ease congestion.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
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This small apartment on the eastern edge of Paris was so dilapidated that not long after moving in, its owner turned around and moved out.Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
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Speaking to a regional health board last month, Regina Coeli's governor, Claudia Clementi, said overcrowding meant the dilapidated facility was operating on a knife-edge.Rebecca Messina, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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There’s a good bit of history in the faded paint: The late D’Alessandros — Old Tommy and Young Tommy, both Baltimore mayors, and the father and brother, respectively, of Pelosi — appear.Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024
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In between the customers, vendors were constantly on the move, expertly moving buckets of flowers from nearby coolers onto the floor or stripping faded petals and leaves from new bunches of flowers.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Paired with shredded coconut and infused with the punchy flavors of fish sauce, garlic, ginger, and plenty of lime, this plant protein has become a new essential for me.Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2024
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In your baking dish, layer some of the pasta mixture with shredded cheese.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2024
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Paramount The other animal that makes a big impression is the mangy baboon that Paul Mescal’s character, Lucius, has to fight in his first battle.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Davis was more or less rocking his signature look — a red Adidas tracksuit, hair in mangy dreads.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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His third-floor office, in a dingy concrete building across a roaring four-lane road from the Ikeja market, is a charnel house of dead mobile phones.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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The cells are meticulously clean — an intentional and stark contrast to the dingy and squalid prisons of El Salvador’s past.David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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Many have sought shelter in Yarmouk sports stadium in Gaza City, where decrepit tents made of white cloth turned brown on Sunday following an evening of heavy rain.Abeer Salman, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week approved advancing legislation funding the revitalization of the decrepit RFK stadium site.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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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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This squishy, reusable, doughnut-sized ring made of silicone has a super tacky surface that grabs fur while tumbling around with clothes and pet bedding in your washer and dryer, then releases it into drains and vents.Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Refrigerate, uncovered, for up to 12 hours, until the surface of the filet feels dry, not tacky, and has a shiny appearance.The View, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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