patchy
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Evidence so far is that months on from Rubio's excited signing of the first MOU, adoption of the bilateral agreements in Africa remains patchy and controversial.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Now, portions of the newly resurfaced structure are already showing visible signs of wear, with peeling paint and patchy coloration fueling questions about the durability and execution of the project.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
It added that Nintendo's statements on the problem were "patchy", and as a result many customers simply bought new controllers, instead of pursuing a free fix or replacement via customer service.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Sprinkler outages, patchy information and anxious parents in overheating homes point to a city behind the curve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Soon after, he’d also adopted a cloak to cover his patchy fur, a hooded garment made of crushed velvet the color of beetroot.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"In some catchments where permafrost has become patchier, weathering-driven carbon uptake was large enough to offset or even exceed river CO2 emissions."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
Things are patchier in the condo market. Realtor.com reports significant price increases in neighborhoods such as the Financial District-adjacent enclave Jackson Square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Surveillance outside of farms was even patchier than on them, and bird flu tests have been hard to get.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
The European Union has approved the world's first comprehensive set of rules for cryptoassets, but there is a patchier approach elsewhere to a borderless sector where fraud and manipulation are "prevalent".
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
Despite being undead, he’d grown into adulthood: his fur patchier, his whiskers more snarled, his eye socket wider.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The true severity of the problem isn’t always easy to ascertain, because, almost by definition, things tend to be worst in the places where record-keeping is patchiest.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2015
The Collegiate Chorale lent the music an epic quality; still, its twinkling palette aside, this was the patchiest and least satisfying of the distillations.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2011
It didn’t take long for her to select the most crooked, most pathetic, patchiest pine tree in the bunch.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Closely confined between the Rockies to the right and the Selkirks to the west, the river held undeviatingly to its general northwesterly course, with only the patchiest of flats on either side.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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