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patch

[pach] / pætʃ /


NOUN
piece applied to cover a gap or lack
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A local military gear salesman created a neighborhood patch with the subway station’s logo, missile and the phrase, “Everything that is not flying toward us, is flying over us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Conventional patch type hemostatic products are widely used in medicine, but their flat design makes them difficult to apply to deep, irregular, or complex wounds.

From Science Daily • Jul. 2, 2026

However the bunker is still visible in a patch of wasteland.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The heatwave battering Europe may have an unlikely partner-in-crime: a patch of cold ocean water south of Iceland and Greenland that can influence weather patterns over the continent.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

On a flat patch of grass, Alexander had made a simple obstacle course by putting the soup-bowl helmets on the ground.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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