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[pat-ern, pat-n] / ˈpæt ərn, ˈpæt n /






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But this year, that pattern was shattered as Methodist megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton in Kansas and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico in Texas won in deeply conservative states that hadn't elected a Democratic senator in decades.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

But since earning his master’s 11 months ago, he has lived in a monastic holding pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has described this as the most serious review it has ever had to undertake – and it details a pattern of management failure that goes beyond a single individual.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

By showing how an organized magnetic pattern emerges as turbulent plasma transitions from fluid behavior to particle behavior, the new research provides an important piece of a longstanding physics puzzle.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

She flicked through the rack and pulled out a slipper dress with a chiffon overlay printed with a Qinghua pattern, the blue-white motif of Chinese porcelain.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

This effect describes how people born during the same general period can share risk patterns that become more apparent as they grow older.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Major problems at Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, but deficiencies stretching across the whole region, a failure to learn from mistakes and "recurring patterns of harm".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Just 70 milliseconds after the moving dots appeared, neurons associated with the different choices were already showing distinct patterns of activity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Using these predictions, the researchers identified combinations of electrical signals that were most likely to produce particular patterns of brain activity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

“Besides, patterns are a little like life. We take what we’ve got and make it suit our needs. We run the show.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

He also chose a hairstyle patterned after the Mandinka warriors of West Africa — which has been commonly mistaken for a mohawk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

But it didn’t bother Wertheim, who has a flair for patterned loafers and wears a signature red fedora.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

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

"Similar to how cephalopods coordinate body shape and skin patterning, the synthetic smart skin can simultaneously control what it looks like and how it deforms, all within a single, soft material," Sun said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

"We would see different outcomes of the patterning when we would start with genetically identical cells in different numbers," said Morsut.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024

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

One has donned an extravagant dress that features bright red-and-gold patterning.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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