patchwork
Example Sentences
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The state-by-state patchwork of regulations, they argue, makes it very difficult for social media platforms to be compliant.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The morning after a general election, the result is pretty much complete by breakfast time - but that is not the case in this patchwork of elections around Britain.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The result is a patchwork of wildly unequal and inadequate representation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Lifting the International Atomic Energy Agency’s resolutions would be complicated given the patchwork of measures and jurisdictions including the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
A patchwork quilt was not what Hayden had in mind.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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