patchwork

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Instead, liquid water likely interacted with different parts of the asteroid under varying conditions, creating a patchwork of chemical environments.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Elsewhere, a patchwork of laws limits the practice to EV startups or to specific manufacturers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Husband said fans often looked like a "patchwork quilt" with different colours of shirts in the stands but were brought together by the national dress.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver blames the state-by-state patchwork governing sportsbooks, and both he and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred have called for federal legislation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

From there I could look out over the basin, a patchwork of expectant fields stretching to Buck’s Peak.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover