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pattern

[pat-ern, pat-n] / ˈpæt ərn, ˈpæt n /






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Are you catching on to a pattern here?

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

But at the same time, his body was deteriorating - enduring a relentless pattern of race, illness, injury, repeat.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The satellite measurements revealed an intriguing pattern between 2018 and 2024.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

“In this pattern he’s the constant. How does a dead man’s thumbprint keep winding up at crime scenes?”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

Because these patterns change predictably with age, scientists can use them to estimate how old a cell appears at the molecular level.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

El Niño has been strengthening for several months now and is already having a significant impact on global weather patterns.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I dug through old copies of Sports Illustrated to look for pictures of major-league ballparks’ outfields so that I could study the patterns the grounds crews left behind in the nap of the grass.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

At breakfast, Collins is wearing a patterned turquoise jacket over a matching dress and high-heeled black leather boots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

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

The stars hung in the chilly sky, while the patterned lights of the city spread below him, streetlights and car headlights and things in motion.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

"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 shrewd design’s geometric patterning reverberates against the trailblazing Bauhaus tapestries of Anni Albers, as much as those of Gutiérrez’s Oaxacan ancestors, for a work that travels through time and space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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

Roughly: the more “rhetorical” it sounds—the more stuffed with extended metaphors, elaborate verbal patterning, and five-dollar words—the higher the style.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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