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pattern

[pat-ern, pat-n] / ˈpæt ərn, ˈpæt n /






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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

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

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

"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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