pattern
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Brain activity can change over time, and an individual who initially shows a resilient pattern may not maintain it indefinitely.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
The 2026 domestic schedule has extended the pattern, with premium seats representing 7.6% of domestic seats, Cirium said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Understanding this pattern would require examining the information available when the investments were made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Rather than relying on pre-defined pattern, he looks to empower individuals to solve attacking problems.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
By now, she says, the horrors of World War II “stand out in a kaleidoscopic pattern in my memory.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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However, those effects become increasingly difficult to predict farther from the tropical Pacific, where other atmospheric processes can alter or weaken the expected patterns.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Rather than simply observing the material's internal behavior, researchers can now briefly influence its microscopic electrical patterns and detect the resulting changes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
To understand what was happening at the molecular level, the team examined patterns of gene activity in the zebrafish.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Unlike conventional biomarkers, these patterns of brain activity might eventually be possible to change through targeted interventions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
His gorgeous turban now glowed with beautiful shades of green and patterns of dancing pearls.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Both sides of the gel were patterned with square-bottomed grooves and covered with living muscle cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Some suggest the patterned backs of playing cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
At breakfast, Collins is wearing a patterned turquoise jacket over a matching dress and high-heeled black leather boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The bathrooms exude charm thanks to their patterned wallpapers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mira Bro was a line of really sparkly men’s jewelry, tight patterned shirts and jeans, and most famously, a really, really potent men’s deodorant.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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"I've been fascinated for a long time by the camouflage and disruptive patterning of moth wings," she added.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
One of the best known examples of organized patterning is the Voronoi diagram, a geometric system that divides space into separate regions around central points.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
"The Ediacara Biota look totally bizarre in their appearance. Some of them have triradial symmetry, some have spiraling arms, some have fractal patterning," says Dr. Lidya Tarhan, a paleontologist at Yale University.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
The pictures’ flatly painted skin and two-dimensional patterning in textiles and wallpaper are set into shimmering visual motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Roughly: the more “rhetorical” it sounds—the more stuffed with extended metaphors, elaborate verbal patterning, and five-dollar words—the higher the style.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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