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Recent Examples of patchy
There could be patchy frost before 8 a.m. Saturday.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Tonight, two of the Premier League’s patchier sides meet at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea and West Ham United contest the Carlton Cole Clasico.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
This is when a person’s body attacks their hair follicles, causing patchy hair loss.
—Julia Sullivan, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
Yes, the final seasons were somewhat patchy, but the first two are almost flawless, spearheaded by a stoic Claire Foy alongside Matt Smith’s mercurial Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby’s devastatingly glamorous Princess Margaret.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Tonight, two of the Premier League’s patchier sides meet at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea and West Ham United contest the Carlton Cole Clasico.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
This is when a person’s body attacks their hair follicles, causing patchy hair loss.
—Julia Sullivan, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
Yes, the final seasons were somewhat patchy, but the first two are almost flawless, spearheaded by a stoic Claire Foy alongside Matt Smith’s mercurial Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby’s devastatingly glamorous Princess Margaret.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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The hotel is founded and managed by locals, who transformed a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast into a six-acre luxury hotel in 2001.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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They were forced to live in dilapidated buildings with mold, sewage, and rodent issues, and were confined to their rooms for weeks on end.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Gray and faded whiskers may be changed to their natural color and even brown or black by using Buckingham dye – try it.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Groom indoor foliage to remove old leaves, faded flowers and declining portions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Assemble the sandwiches by layering the bacon and shredded cheese over the mayo mixture filling and top with the second slice of bread.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2025
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Add shredded lettuce to the bottom piece, then pile on the warm shrimp, tomatoes and pickles.—
Katie Workman,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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Paramount The other animal that makes a big impression is the mangy baboon that Paul Mescal’s character, Lucius, has to fight in his first battle.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The film follows his wife, Eunice, who is also incarcerated in a dark and dingy prison cell for several weeks before she is released without explanation and left to fend for the family’s five children.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Tequila and heroin can only dull the pain for so long before Lee’s desperate yearning for something more cuts through the haze and sends him back out into dingy bars and narrow alleys, prowling with a predatory lust for men.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In the film, the decrepit vampire Orlok is obsessed with Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp), the wife of Thomas Hutter (Hoult).—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the dog days of summer, the kids discover a decrepit house and the old man (Rentaro Mikuni) who lives there alone.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 Oct. 2021
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In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.—
Natasha Lavender,
SELF,
26 July 2019
Adjective
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The first film had charm and heart, while Daddy’s Home 2 is mostly a tacky, tasteless affair.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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This production replaces the Orientalist extravaganza that Sonya Frisell directed in 1988 and that came to define the grand-opera experience — dazzling, uplifting, gloriously tacky — for two generations.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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