patchwork
Example Sentences
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The patchwork of velvet fields fill again with lambs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
A short walk along an irrigation canal leads to a weathered observation deck rising two stories above a patchwork of saturated flats where saltgrass, iodine bush and cattail take root.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Instead, liquid water likely interacted with different parts of the asteroid under varying conditions, creating a patchwork of chemical environments.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Husband said fans often looked like a "patchwork quilt" with different colours of shirts in the stands but were brought together by the national dress.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The outer city lay below her, a vast patchwork of light and dark.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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