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Recent Examples of patchy
The result could be an uncoordinated approach that creates patchy systems with unclear outcomes for employees and stakeholders.
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London School Of Economics, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
More patchy frost was expected Saturday, which will have a high near 57 and an overnight low around 37.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
Friday will also be sunny with a high of about 60 degrees, but there will be patchy fog at night.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
With lower winds into Sunday morning, the wind chill won’t drag feels-like temperatures too much lower, but patchy frost could form especially north of the I-4 corridor.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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London School Of Economics, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
More patchy frost was expected Saturday, which will have a high near 57 and an overnight low around 37.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
Friday will also be sunny with a high of about 60 degrees, but there will be patchy fog at night.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
With lower winds into Sunday morning, the wind chill won’t drag feels-like temperatures too much lower, but patchy frost could form especially north of the I-4 corridor.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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Indeed, Birge’s renovation of a dilapidated house, taken down to the studs, isn’t everyone’s experience, but anyone who has done even a minor home makeover can relate.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
23 Jan. 2025
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But owners Five Dallas Partners — which shares ownership with CBZ Management, the company that controls several dilapidated properties in Denver and Aurora — have taken no action to secure the property, Chamberlain wrote.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2025
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Groom indoor foliage to remove old leaves, faded flowers and declining portions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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To reach the overlook, look for a faded path that climbs the hill to the right.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Southern Living,
24 Jan. 2025
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Top each tortilla with a pinch of shredded cabbage and some of the cooked fish, then, using a slotted spoon, top each one with the cucumber- avocado salsa.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Whataburger advises customers who want to elevate their taste experience to top the taco with Monterey Jack or shredded cheese, bacon, avocado, jalapenos and Whataburger’s creamy pepper sauce.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Jan. 2025
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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
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If your stainless steel pots and pans still look dingy, Bar Keepers Friend Superior Cookware Cleanser & Polish works great to restore the luster of steel, says Chris Willatt, owner of Alpine Maids in Denver.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2025
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Finally, dingy, discolored, or stringy towels need to get the heave-ho.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Thomas is half-tricked and half-lured to the decrepit castle in which Orlok, played by Bill Skarsgård in ghoul makeup and an unexpectedly hearty mustache, is the only apparent resident, partially obscured and cloaked in shadows even when the two characters share a room.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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And until armed gangs, weeks later, raided their prison, they were kept in decrepit, inhumane conditions since their arrest two years earlier.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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Prada card wallet Some designer logos and labels are loud and often seem tacky as opposed to luxurious.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
Fox News,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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