How to Use matrix in a Sentence

matrix

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  • The wires all crossed each other and formed a matrix.
  • The delta, of course, is filled with a matrix of rivers, sloughs, cuts and coves.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2021
  • The old matrixes were one of 75 white balls and one of 15 balls in the Mega Ball pool.
    — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2017
  • In this good-and-evil matrix, Jews are deemed not to fare well.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • One piece is the core of the space, in which all the matrices are simple.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • This matrix is kind of like a house that stem cells make.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • But there’s a glitch in the matrix; too often, Black Thought’s voice is buried in the mix.
    — Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022
  • What hangs on the wall is, in effect, a matrix or shell.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • Stars in their matrix – how hot, how cold, how far, how old.
    — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Mike: The threat matrix in the states looks very different as well.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • But the fact that R1 is open source means there are ways to get around the censorship matrix.
    — Zeyi Yang, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
  • This was also why the Soviet Union had to lead the way in the space race: to break free of the catch-up matrix.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
  • Sheila runs to the bank and finds out there’s $57.13 left in their account (love the dot-matrix printer in this scene).
    — Rose Maura Lorre, Vulture, 18 June 2021
  • How to book: Head to Google Flights and use its handy flight matrix to find where the best fares land (sample search).
    — Sebastian Modak, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Spleeters says the fragmentation matrix in the Shahed-131 was not made to the same standard as the rest of the device.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • As the jurors worked their way through a matrix of charges, juror No.
    — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • One risk matrix used by NASA has green squares and yellow squares and red squares.
    — Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Slide your fingers down the page to the appropriate cell in the matrix.
    — Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In the nail matrix, specialized cells that make up your nail plate are formed.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
  • On the other hand, there's a lot of Trump pardons that don't fit into the - - into the matrix.
    — Fox News, 1 June 2018
  • The foam used here was a steel-steel CMF, meaning both its hollow pores and matrix were made of steel.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2019
  • How to Book: Go to Norwegian's sale site to use the fare matrix to match dates that work for you with the lowest fares.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2018
  • Mycelium fungus cells feed off wood fibers and form a dense matrix, kind of like a sponge.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Some injuries can also affect the nail matrix, which is the tissue at the base of your nail.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The league released the scheduling matrix on Thursday, and — like the rest of the Big 12’s teams — the Jayhawks will play 20 league games this year.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2024
  • Permafrost is a mixture of dirt, sand, or gravel frozen in a matrix of ice.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Picture a classic chess board, which is an eight-by-eight matrix of squares.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2022
  • In total, 18 coils sit in a matrix on the panel — kind of like a bunch of hexagons connected.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 25 Aug. 2020
  • When students didn’t understand the teacher’s description of a matrix, Tyson tried explaining it in his own way.
    — Gabe Castro-Root, Space.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The entire chip had three layers of neurons performing matrix multiplications and two nonlinear function units in between.
    — Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2025

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