patterns

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Ma’s greatest challenge, which he meets with wonderful musicianship, is to make Negrón’s engaging melodies, grand swaths of arpeggios, and simple patterns alluring.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

They compared those patterns against data from patients who were awake, asleep or in a coma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

As climate change alters wind patterns and ocean behavior, the forces acting on these systems may also affect how energy moves through turbulent flows.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The anesthetized patients’ brains produced activity that shared similarities to being unconscious in a coma—as well as deep sleep, REM sleep and patterns unique to anesthesia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Their source for the sort of information that never gets broadcast or written down: rumors, the behavior of the sell-side brokers, the patterns on the screens.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis