hatched
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More elaborate designs, including hatched bands, grids, and diamond-shaped motifs, also showed evidence of rotation, translation, repetition, and "embedding," i.e., the ability to build hierarchical levels of signs within the same surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
When we argue over who can authentically play a woman who hatched from an egg, we miss these more profound — and real — lessons.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The idea for the painting was hatched by Jefferson and Trumbull in Paris 10 years after the fact, in 1786, while Trumbull was a guest at Jefferson’s mansion on the Champs-Elysees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Scottish shipyards may think they are in pole position but, as Hine points out, don't count your chickens - or warships - before they're hatched.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Some believed that sunshine shrank drops of dew into eggs, which hatched into maggots.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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