patchwork

Whatever the scholarly truth, it’s safe to say that “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” to give this late romance its full title, is a patchwork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Across the country, access to recess remains a patchwork, shaped by how laws are enforced.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Her mother, Avie Lee Parton, even made her daughter a new patchwork coat to put on display at the museum inside the Dollywood theme park in her home state of Tennessee.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

On-site operations have been complicated by the fens' terrain -- a patchwork of heath, peat bogs and raised wooden boardwalks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The floor was a patchwork of odd-shaped wooden slats that rose in the middle and dipped toward the front and back doors, where they butted against shiny, worn thresholds.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Lek’s paintings are so layered that they have been likened to quilts — rich patchworks that remind viewers how much more there is to see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Across the state, Marshall has documented the transformation of landscapes historically characterized by patchworks of saplings, mature trees, shrubs and meadows — all shaped by frequent, small fires.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Scientists hope patchworks of multi-coloured crops will help hide them "in plain sight" from pests as a natural alternative to pesticides.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022

These constant shifts of scene can be whiplash-inducing, and, at times, the chapters can feel jigsawed together — patchworks of examples undergirding premises stretched thin by all they are forced to contain.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2020

The walls of these houses were patchworks of wood or aluminum or metal or whatever scraps were lying around.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore