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patchwork

[pach-wurk] / ˈpætʃˌwɜrk /


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Many states have proposed AI bills that could create a regulatory patchwork for companies, worrying tech executives.

From The Wall Street Journal

The UK does have an extensive network of flood defences but there is a patchwork of organisations - including farmers, water companies and charities - responsible for them.

From BBC

From the top of the airport, mountains undulated for miles in what appeared to be a patchwork of land.

From Literature

She longed to be home, wrapped in the patchwork quilt that always lay on the end of the sofa.

From Literature

Each year, he distributes to colleagues a color-coded calendar — a different color for every sport he’s covering that day — and the patchwork on every page looks like the Partridge family bus.

From Los Angeles Times