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pattern

[pat-ern, pat-n] / ˈpæt ərn, ˈpæt n /






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El Niño is a climate pattern that periodically warms the Pacific Ocean.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Nvidia said the pattern across recent incidents was the same: agents were able to circumvent safety controls in sandboxes—environments in which developers test models—and complete their tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Pacific often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

But if the goal is depth, browning and concentration, this is the pattern I come back to over and over.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The tree line did follow a handlike pattern, if you squinted...and ignored the fact that there were only three fingers.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"The idea is that through having this experience, people can change their behaviours and patterns of thinking," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Some researchers liken the mind to a snow globe: the drugs temporarily disrupt established thought patterns, allowing thoughts and feelings to settle differently and providing new perspectives on past experiences.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

El Niño is a complicated event, and linking individual weather events to broader climate patterns can be tricky.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

For example, there’s a tool called Concern that uses machine learning to look for potentially troublesome patterns in the hospital’s electronic health record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“He was recognizing patterns no one else was seeing.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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 soft green remains in the primary bedroom, which also features moody fabrics, such as a tapestry hanging on the wall and heavy patterned curtains.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

"I was less surprised by the differences and more surprised by some of the similarities, particularly in the ways these risks are patterned across settings," Nichols said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Irvin played running back at Glen Hills High School in Augusta, Ga. He told Sports Collectors Daily in 2023 that he patterned his running style after O.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Nor were they of smooth gold leaf as in reality, but were patterned instead in fish-scale tiles of darker gold and brighter, so the sun didn’t merely glint on them.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"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

Beyond patterning, As2S3 also changes physically when exposed to light.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

The shrewd design’s geometric patterning reverberates against the trailblazing Bauhaus tapestries of Anni Albers, as much as those of Gutiérrez’s Oaxacan ancestors, for a work that travels through time and space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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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