pattern
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The pattern is even clearer in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
So every week when we publish the list of potential post-earnings moves, they are stocks that have this sawtooth pattern surrounding past earnings dates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The rain is from a monsoon pattern, Sullivan said, and is not related to Hurricanes Polo and Odalys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Fury-Joshua is expected to follow a similar pattern.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
I see the pattern now, the game he wants me to play.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Climate change has also disrupted their hibernation patterns.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Not every summer will be as hot or dry as this one, as weather patterns vary from year to year.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Ocean temperatures already are elevated because of da combination of the strengthening El Niño, weather patterns and long-term global warming, melting polar ice caps, pushing tide lines higher and providing extra energy to storms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
When they can’t effectively capture patterns and nuance, models rely on general rules-of-thumb understanding, such as “cooked shrimp appear roughly circular and have banded striations,” Schossau said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s creating its own wild patterns, disrupting, destroying paths.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
"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
Movie theaters with patterned carpeting have been deemed liminal, as have fast-food restaurants, parking garages and malls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
For more upscale dining, there is a beautiful formal dining room that features a large table, patterned floral wallpaper, and a unique spiked chandelier that hands at the center of the space.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Eight men in official patterned clothes moved about a litter, a structure with a wooden base and ceiling surrounded by beautiful hanging cloth.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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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
"It's remarkable how mathematical yet another aspect of plant form and patterning turns out to be," Prusinkiewicz adds.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 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
But you can draw in the patterning of the feathers so I can see how they are shaped and how they lie on the bird’s body.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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