pattern
Example Sentences
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The patterns they uncovered were complex and highly specific.
From Science Daily
When the fish traveled from the Slope Sea into the clearer waters of the Sargasso Sea, researchers observed noticeable changes in their migration patterns.
From Science Daily
There’s a cadence to sales, a pattern to coupons, a small ecosystem of rewards programs and “oops” bins where imperfect or surplus food waits quietly for someone to notice.
From Salon
But the pattern is clearest in West Virginia, where the script is old and the state has lived through every version of it.
From Salon
The pattern accelerated in the 1990s and 2000s with the growth of Dallas’s Uptown district, just to the north, which attracted many finance, law and technology businesses.
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