patchwork

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Each year, he distributes to colleagues a color-coded calendar — a different color for every sport he’s covering that day — and the patchwork on every page looks like the Partridge family bus.

From Los Angeles Times

India’s policymakers are also trying to figure out how the country’s patchwork electricity grid will provide enough power to the new centers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Economy watchers are once again turning to a patchwork of unofficial data as another federal spending impasse has suspended government figures.

From The Wall Street Journal

Watch the video above for a breakdown of the patchwork of agencies still operating in Minneapolis.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the Consumer Council for Water, which represents customers, said a patchwork of different social tariff schemes meant where someone lived - rather than their actual level of need - could determine what support they received.

From BBC