pattern
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The climate pattern known as super El Niño can lead to severe droughts, intense heatwaves, torrential rainfall and catastrophic flooding in different parts of the world.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The facts in this case may be contested, but the underlying pattern is familiar to many foreign investors in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Are you catching on to a pattern here?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
While parts of South America may see severe drought, the climate pattern could bring heavy rainfall and flooding to other parts of that region.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
When asked about the pattern of upset he leaves in his wake, Eisman simply looks puzzled, even a bit wounded.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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But still, “the spirits are guiding Yamel, helping her make sense of the world, because she’s treading in patterns that have been playing out for centuries.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
These chemical patterns change in relatively predictable ways as people grow older, allowing scientists to estimate biological age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
To determine how those companies’ treatment patterns compared with competitors, the Journal identified a comparison group of other providers in the states serviced by the private-equity-backed companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The next step was to determine how closely each participant followed the 10 dietary patterns.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
No clues in the language, no mathematical patterns.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Some suggest the patterned backs of playing cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
Cooper described one of the other men as a bald Black man, approximately 5 feet 9 inches or 5 feet 10 inches tall, with light-brown or hazel eyes and a blue patterned crew-neck shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 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
The women in their beaded scarves and brightly patterned skirts are strong and equal to the men.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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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
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
The new study identified a common molecular cue, while known to direct head-to-tail patterning in a wide variety of animals, as part of the gene circuitry guiding hindbrain patterning in sea lampreys.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
And, because vegetation patterning seems to also be key in other natural systems, such as microbial communities or coastal wetlands, their results could have implications for systems beyond arid zones.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024
Musicians tend to have greater word memory and more complex neural brain patterning, as well as greater organizational and higher-order executive functioning.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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