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patch

noun as in piece, spot, area

noun as in piece applied to cover a gap or lack

verb as in fix, mend

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The smell of burgers, brats and other grilled delicacies wafted through the air as children played football on the grass and a nearby patch of dirt.

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For a half-century, various budgetary Band-Aids have patched the program up.

Those holes on both lines might’ve been patched up through the portal before.

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A research team led by Dr. Ke Huang at Texas A&M University has created a patch designed to support heart repair following a heart attack.

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An area of rain, sleet and snow moved across the UK overnight into Wednesday morning, leading to some icy patches and some areas waking up to a covering of snow.

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