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sawtooth

[saw-tooth] / ˈsɔˌtuθ /


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It even uses thinner shoelaces, using a grippy sawtooth pattern that helps them stay tied.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

So when we publish the list of potential post-earnings moves, the stocks have this sawtooth pattern surrounding past earnings dates, as NKE shows here:

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The main alteration is the change of the iconic sawtooth pennant neon sign to say “Cane’s” instead of Norms.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

Before long, those electronic textures seeped into her music, with bass drops and drum loops adding raw energy to her sawtooth guitar riffs.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

But they were attacked by a monster with milk-blue eyes and sawtooth skin and teeth like spears jutting from its lower jaw.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee