Patchworks

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.

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 (2011)

Roads decayed into patchworks of potholes; refuse lay uncollected; the telephone system disintegrated. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

The brown earth dropped away, becoming not fields as far as the eye could see but merely patchworks the size of a hand. ❋ Christie Golden (2011)

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. ❋ Michael Roberts (2012)

But even megacities such as Los Angeles, New York, or Denver are vast patchworks of smaller communities, or potential communities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Besides Coach bags serving our greater needs, the Large Signature Coach Gallery comes in many diverse patchworks. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

Just a film about the two would be good, but also something with a Hank poping in and out, being terrible, just like those patchworks can and can not be… ooh - I suddenly get it why people actually don't want a sequell - but I would still go and watch it - definitly! ❋ Unknown (2010)

The city often requires residents to repaint the entire fa ade, not just the graffiti-covered sections, to avoid multi-hued patchworks resulting from touch-up jobs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, when only patchworks of habitat remain in the aftermath of industrial logging, the probability of species persistence drops dramatically. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He said patchworks can't improve the quality of life of the State's people and the larger issue of exploitation of State's water and land resources has to be addressed to take care of the State's development needs in the 21st century. ❋ Unknown (2009)