patch

Example Sentences

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This is a patch you can install before lunch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

And the recent engine of global production growth, the American shale patch, is showing fresh signs of slowing—raising the prospects that future supply will be more limited.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

His blue spacesuit has a mission patch he commissioned Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond to design, with contributions from Dave Courchene III of Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But there are winners beyond the oil patch.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

You’ve been up Kindcreek Road before; it cuts through a wild patch of hill country, flanked by fruiting prickly pears and disheveled oak.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith