pattern
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I spend my days in nonprofit 990 financial filings, and the pattern is in the numbers, not the rhetoric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The latest measurements suggest that conventional nuclear shadowing by itself is not enough to account for the observed pattern.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Author and screenwriter Juno Dawson says viewers have begun to notice a "pattern".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
With Issey Miyake, the pieces are very innovative in their fabric and design, and there’s a technical design and pattern behind it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It lasted until after the new year 1854 and began a pattern.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Australian scientists believe increasingly crowded waters and rising ocean temperatures are shifting sharks' migratory patterns, which may be contributing to a rise in attacks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Connections between ocean basins can help scientists anticipate shifts in rainfall and other major climate patterns.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
To determine whether these issues go beyond anecdotes, ProPublica analyzed the data collected from every state by the CDC to look for patterns.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
However, it also noted that periods of heavy rain or drought could indirectly affect fault zones, pointing to a study that suggested that rates of micro-quakes may undergo small variations related to rainfall patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The net looks like art—a creation with several unique patterns and sequences that are somehow weirdly uniform.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
Mundillo, the Puerto Rican craft of weaving intricately patterned lace, becomes for her a metaphor for networks of interconnectivity, be it, she writes in her program note, climate justice or social dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The sun and leaves patterned the windshield, hiding the people inside.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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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
"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 visual cortex itself changes. It becomes more similar to the areas around it. There are still a lot of questions about how development controls this patterning."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
Sometimes I went up to the frozen cliffwall and looked down, down, at where the lights lay blue, like the threads running out from a star, patterning the snow.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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