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patchwork

[pach-wurk] / ˈpætʃˌwɜrk /


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Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The result is a patchwork of wildly unequal and inadequate representation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Lifting the International Atomic Energy Agency’s resolutions would be complicated given the patchwork of measures and jurisdictions including the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Such patchwork schemes are typical in UK cities.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The attic and the cellar were full of good things once more, and Laura and Mary had started to make patchwork quilts.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder




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