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patch

[pach] / pætʃ /


NOUN
piece applied to cover a gap or lack
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The top comes off the miniature SoFi Stadium on the Rams ring, for instance, and the field below is made of a melted-down patch of the actual artificial turf.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Within nine months, the patch repair had stretch marks, splits in the surface and, to its left edge, a new pothole had opened up.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Red flags emerged over the past month, pointing to a soft patch ahead for the S&P 500 index and for tech,” Subramanian and her team said in a client note.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

During one particularly tough patch that summer, the media managed to dredge up every stupid thing I had ever said publicly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He laid the pulp on a patch of bare earth, then scrambled over to the cinders.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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