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- noun Plural form of
patchwork .
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Examples
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Instead of a single national network owned by the incumbent, many countries will have "patchworks" of NGA networks based on different technologies and owned by different players, including startups and municipalities.
unknown title 2009
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Instead of a single national network owned by the incumbent, many countries will have "patchworks" of NGA networks based on different technologies and owned by different players, including startups and municipalities.
unknown title 2009
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A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."
Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011
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Roads decayed into patchworks of potholes; refuse lay uncollected; the telephone system disintegrated.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."
Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011
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A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."
Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011
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Roads decayed into patchworks of potholes; refuse lay uncollected; the telephone system disintegrated.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The brown earth dropped away, becoming not fields as far as the eye could see but merely patchworks the size of a hand.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Lace insets, sparkly encrustations and complicated little curlicues of material were bound together with wafer-thin patchworks of other materials, all in the tea-stained hues of yesteryear.
Welcome to the Show Michael Roberts 2012
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A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."
Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011
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