pattern
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This aspect mirrors a frightening contemporary pattern reflected in the Cornell case, in which an alleged Snapchat thread from the Chi Phi house is presented as evidence.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Opera’s new season at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion later this month, it won’t feature the usual starburst pattern that has greeted fans for the last 63 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"They get up into the mountains and into these caves, where they make this beautiful tiling pattern," said Western Sydney University insect researcher Eleanor Drinkwater.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Still, it was the strongest students who benefited the most: “This is a common pattern in educational technology: new tools frequently widen achievement gaps rather than close them,” Google wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
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His reply: “100%,” if we maintain our spending patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
These same patterns held true when the overall group of respondents was divided another way: ones who felt more socially pressured to give and others who felt less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I’ll partner with the controller to identify repeat patterns in liability so that we proactively advise work with the departments on compliance and corrective action so we avoid future liability.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The resulting map showed patterns of gene activity across the different cells that create and support the brain's vascular system, giving researchers a detailed way to examine how APOE4 contributes to vascular degeneration.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The dark black patterns looked like they had been painted on her.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Some suggest the patterned backs of playing cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
In the urban-focused section, the handles of purses or luggage are adhered to sections of the work patterned like brick and embedded with small windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The bathrooms exude charm thanks to their patterned wallpapers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 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
It was a beautiful room, with a carpet patterned in the colors of the oasis.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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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 Ediacara Biota look totally bizarre in their appearance. Some of them have triradial symmetry, some have spiraling arms, some have fractal patterning," says Dr. Lidya Tarhan, a paleontologist at Yale University.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
Most of Thomas’ paintings pile on vivid color, brash patterning and lots of sparkling rhinestones, taking an exultant step toward rectifying the omission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
They are now working to improve component accuracy by optimizing the light patterning method and by incorporating material parameters into the printing process.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
Speech patterning and characteristics appeared to be feminine in terms of oscillation of pitch and direct eye contact.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Vocabulary lists containing pattern
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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