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pattern

[pat-ern, pat-n] / ˈpæt ərn, ˈpæt n /






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Military experts don’t expect the pattern of attritional fighting to change this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

With this pressure pattern in place, winds have predominantly come from the south-east, bringing some of the wettest conditions to parts of north-east Scotland, south-west England, and eastern areas of Northern Ireland.

From BBC

The first gallery is dominated by a forest of memorial poles made between the 1990s and 2020 by various artists, some with crisp traditional patterns in natural materials, others with loose designs in modern paint.

From The Wall Street Journal

The disclosure in Ms. Canaan’s case fits a larger pattern: The Education Department’s new transparency dashboard shows Qatar has been, by far, the largest source of foreign funding for U.S. institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve entered a new holding pattern on interest rates Wednesday and signaled little urgency to resume cuts after contentious reductions at officials’ three previous meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal