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patch

[pach] / pætʃ /


NOUN
piece applied to cover a gap or lack
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These solutions were often tactical workarounds designed to patch critical issues in an improvised way.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

But there are winners beyond the oil patch.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I walked out of my office and slipped on a patch of ice.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Thornton, whose voice accompanies images of an export facility being built, is associated with the oil patch these days, thanks to his role in the TV series “Landman.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

He pointed to a patch of fading mushrooms that looked as if they’d dropped their color on the ground like a cloak.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman