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patch

noun as in piece, spot, area

noun as in piece applied to cover a gap or lack

verb as in fix, mend

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In this area, the team excavated two new Edmontosaurus mummies, a younger individual and a somewhat older one, both preserving large, continuous patches of the external skin surface.

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As she grew to enjoy the deployment, Beckstrom sent photos of monuments and of a patch given to her by a local sheriff’s office, Short said.

She says there’s nothing left “but a patch of grass” where they used to live.

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Flores, Sable’s chief executive, wagered that he could patch a leaky pipeline that once caused a disastrous oil spill, ship tens of thousands of barrels of crude to California’s refineries—and earn a windfall.

Executives deliberated between a costly refurbishment of the existing office at 25 Bank Street, building on another patch of land in the Wharf or hopping west to the City, London’s historic financial district.

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