pattern
Example Sentences
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Together, these basins form a continent-scale fan-shaped pattern that researchers have named the East Antarctic Fan-shaped Basin Province.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
How many other things have we seen that follow that kind of pattern but are much bigger and more important than the Reflecting Pool?
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
California state law defines a “law enforcement gang” as a group of officers “who engage in a pattern of on-duty behavior that intentionally violates the law or fundamental principles of professional policing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The rule, originally implemented by the forerunner of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s self-regulator, defined pattern day traders as investors who executed four or more “day trades” within five business days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
I was born with the palm pattern, so I’ve seen it a million times … but it’s still safer to look at that than it is to make eye contact with Ma right now.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Vocabulary lists containing pattern
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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