patched

Example Sentences

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They are patched through to them from payphones in Evin prison via the Foreign Office, which has described their incarceration as "appalling" and "unjustifiable".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Korzenik says that up until now, the U.S. has largely patched over the challenges that fewer younger workers bring by using foreign-born workers.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Mayor James Hahn patched one during a news conference he called to draw attention to the city’s response, saying that such fixes were “one of those ways to let people know what government is doing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Workmen had patched up the house in a temporary way, covering the windows with plywood and draping the leaky roof with sheets of heavy blue plastic.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn