fit the pattern

Example Sentences

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Detectives kept insisting the crime fit the pattern of a residential burglary, not a love triangle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

In Rivera’s fourth draft with Washington, the team’s selections again fit the pattern of what the coach and Washington’s executives typically look for in players.

From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2023

Markgraff didn’t fit the pattern of the majority of Florida’s more than 90 victims.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

And he didn’t really fit the pattern for many of the other diseases.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2020

Brooklyn looked for any bricks that didn’t quite fit the pattern and noticed that several were slightly uneven and out of place.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti