patterns
Example Sentences
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Every El Nino is different, but major events often follow familiar patterns.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
El Niño is one of the most powerful climate patterns on Earth, capable of reshaping global weather and affecting rainfall and drought, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
During El Nino, trade winds weaken and atmospheric patterns shift across the tropical Pacific, allowing warm waters around Indonesia to spread eastward toward South America.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
That made for a haunting contrast with the films of Oskar Fischinger, his two shorts all vibrant colors moving in abstract patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
They only looked different on holidays, when girls decorated their family’s paths and thresholds with painted patterns called alpanas, just as their ancestors had done for generations.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
