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  • noun Plural form of pattern.

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Examples

  • HORKHEIMER: Well, you see, if you look at the stars at night, you will notice that most of the stars are fixed in relation to each other in what we call patterns, constellations.

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2002 2002

  • United Nations Human Rights Council released a report that documented what it described as "patterns of summary execution, arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance, torture, including sexual violence, as well as violations of children's rights."

    NYT > Home Page By SEBNEM ARSU 2011

  • The resolution of these short term patterns will give us a clearer picture of whether we will see further correction or if stocks are again ready to breakout to the upside.

    Forbes.com: News Tom Aspray 2011

  • Provisional International Passenger Survey (IPS) estimates offer an early indication of changes in patterns of long-term international migration to and from the UK, although they are not a complete measure of long-term international migration.

    Crime And Immigration In Britain SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Spending to make a breakthrough in housing and business patterns, is what we want.

    On PubliCola Today « PubliCola 2010

  • You say - The changing weather patterns is Global!

    Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

  • What effect that might have, if these turbines were installed in significant numbers around the world, on things like cloud formation, storm generation, or rainfall patterns is a complete unknown.

    2009 August « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2009

  • They adhere to a therapeutic process known as cognitive behavioural therapy, or the belief that being confronted by your thought patterns is sufficient motivation to change them.

    Doctor, Heal Thyself « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • What effect that might have, if these turbines were installed in significant numbers around the world, on things like cloud formation, storm generation, or rainfall patterns is a complete unknown.

    A Warmer World « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2009

  • Well, breaking it down into smaller patterns is beneficial.

    Secrets from Blueprints 2010

  • The Monotype collection alone contains 5,700 drawers of patterns (large metal plates engraved with the shape of a letter) and 22,000 containing matrices.

    How the world’s old printing presses are being brought back to life The Economist 2019

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