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Recent Examples of patchy
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.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
In addition to these many hair changes, Tisdale was also diagnosed with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss, in her 20s.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Tisdale has alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes sudden waves of patchy hair loss, most commonly on the scalp.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 12 Dec. 2024
Summer recruitment has also been patchy, with signings Rami Al Hajj, Daniel Grimshaw, Kornel Szucs, Victor Palsson (who played under Rooney at D.C. United), Andre Gray, Michael Obafemi and Darko Gyabi enjoying mixed success so far.
—Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
In addition to these many hair changes, Tisdale was also diagnosed with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss, in her 20s.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Tisdale has alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes sudden waves of patchy hair loss, most commonly on the scalp.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 12 Dec. 2024
Summer recruitment has also been patchy, with signings Rami Al Hajj, Daniel Grimshaw, Kornel Szucs, Victor Palsson (who played under Rooney at D.C. United), Andre Gray, Michael Obafemi and Darko Gyabi enjoying mixed success so far.
—Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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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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Meanwhile, the Eagles were able to rest their starters and still coast against the dilapidated Giants.—
Hank Gola,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2025
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The image that really got me on social media this week was a faded photo of a man and woman, standing on what looks like the front steps of their home.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Bureau told the story of a spy adrift, working in the shadow of a faded empire.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 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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The darkness of the land gives it a dingy atmosphere like an actual swamp and, fittingly, an inconspicuous opening in a tree stump leads to Shrek's Merry Fairytale ride.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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This season follows her beloved Poison Ivy ditching dingy Gotham for Metropolis.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
18 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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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
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
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Most polishes leave behind a tacky residue that builds up over time and attracts dust.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2025
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Primetime fundraisers can be tacky, or at least not the best TV.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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