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patch

[pach] / pætʃ /


NOUN
piece applied to cover a gap or lack
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And in Monroe County, a rural patch of land on the state's eastern boundary, where Palmiter lives, documented cases are among the highest.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The decreased supply will only raise the prices for the many buyers hoping to patch holes for the stretch run.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

But ties have hit a rocky patch despite attempts to woo the mercurial US leader.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

The Yankees came inches away from tying the score in the eighth, but the Dodgers, shaking off their pre-All-Star break rough patch, delivered on defense.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Michael had more questions—What does it feel like when you put the patch on?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

They may have been looking for patches or already written exploit techniques, said Zhun Wang, a University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. student who is one of the authors of ExploitGym.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

More high-quality footage is needed, particularly clear views of dorsal fins and eye patches, which can be used to identify individual animals.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

Toward the back, the walls filled with displays of patches from first-responder agencies worldwide — and in the seats beneath those patches, often, sat police and firefighters, whose company Fanara prized.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Around the Colosseum, patches of shade were few and far between.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

To the right they passed patches of mangrove forest and small parcels of land, rice paddies, and chili pepper fields.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

What it does not reveal, however, is how many have been patched and then fallen into disrepair within months, needing more work.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Last year, Firefox patched 73 bugs that it rated as either high severity or critical.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

The Liberal Party leader said both parties had patched up with an agreement that neither party could overturn decisions taken by the coalition's joint "shadow cabinet" of senior lawmakers.

From Barron's Feb. 8, 2026

Until then, all kinds of designs were patched together from silk, linen, wool or “anything at hand.”

From Salon Jan. 3, 2026

It didn’t have a patched hull or old battered house doors like so many fishermen’s boats.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

But not all companies have access to those models, and patching them once they are discovered can take time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

The move is aimed at patching up a looming funding gap in the country’s public healthcare system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The government says the aim of these new measures is to encourage full road resurfacing rather than short-term patching.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

"We need as many hands on our body, patching all the wounds," she said.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

We kids tried patching the roof on our own with tar paper, tinfoil, wood, and Elmer’s glue, but no matter what we did, the water found its way through.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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