"in places" meaning in English

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          "text": "It could turn a little misty in places towards dawn.",
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        {
          "text": "The edges of the pond had already turned to ice in places in October.",
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          "text": "The jumper was worn in places.",
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        "In some places and not everywhere; of a patchy nature."
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          "word": "in place"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "paikoittain"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "paikoitellen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "paikoin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "par endroits"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katá tópous",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "κατά τόπους"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "stedvis"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "gdzieniegdzie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "tu i ówdzie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "miejscami"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kóje-gde",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "ко́е-где"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "ertervayz",
          "sense": "only in some places",
          "word": "ערטערווײַז"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in places"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "paikoittain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "paikoitellen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "paikoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "par endroits"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katá tópous",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "κατά τόπους"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "stedvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "gdzieniegdzie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "tu i ówdzie"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "miejscami"
    },
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      "roman": "kóje-gde",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "ко́е-где"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "ertervayz",
      "sense": "only in some places",
      "word": "ערטערווײַז"
    }
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  "word": "in places"
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