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patch

[pach] / pætʃ /


NOUN
piece applied to cover a gap or lack
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I ask if Sour Patch Kids are gluten-free, and I get a warning about additives in the ingredient list.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The technology used to manufacture the implant is exclusively licensed to Regenerative Patch Technologies by the University of Southern California, the California Institute of Technology and the University of California Santa Barbara.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2026

Short of actually being made in the ’80s, this film was engineered in a lab to appeal to Gen X-ers who are nostalgic for Casio watches and Cabbage Patch Kids.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

"Our children have experienced frightening, scary, overwhelming, terrifying things. They should be afforded treatment for that," says Fiona Wells from Patch.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

“It will be warmer back among the rocks,” I told Patch, “out of the wind.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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