pattern
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The facts in this case may be contested, but the underlying pattern is familiar to many foreign investors in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Are you catching on to a pattern here?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
While parts of South America may see severe drought, the climate pattern could bring heavy rainfall and flooding to other parts of that region.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
This sentiment pattern at market tops suggests that the dominant emotion leading up to market tops is exhaustion and even indifference.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
When the Mona Lisa thief put down the frame in the stairwell, he left the pattern of his sweat behind.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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But still, “the spirits are guiding Yamel, helping her make sense of the world, because she’s treading in patterns that have been playing out for centuries.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some eating patterns showed stronger associations than others, but the absolute differences were relatively small.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
To determine how those companies’ treatment patterns compared with competitors, the Journal identified a comparison group of other providers in the states serviced by the private-equity-backed companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
These chemical patterns change in relatively predictable ways as people grow older, allowing scientists to estimate biological age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
However, there are growing examples in animal research demonstrating that animals do indeed use music, and that monkeys and other animals use musical patterns and can hear abstractions in music as well.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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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
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
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
Several windows still contained patterned glass of deep reds and golds, amazing things, for knowledge of the way of making such remarkable glass had been lost.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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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
Their discovery that simple stitch patterning can alter a fabric's elasticity points to knitting's potential for cutting-edge interactive technologies like soft robotics, wearables, and haptics.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 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
By experimenting with mathematical patterning techniques, the team created two different types of models that allow farmers to create a protective layer of vaccinated cacao trees around unvaccinated trees.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
“I’ll see if I can make some extra soap this month,” she said, steam rapidly patterning her forehead with beads of sweat that pooled in the creases of her frown.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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