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Recent Examples of patterned
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
For more gorgeous pieces from the MacKenzie-Childs sale, check out our top picks below with everything from shimmery vanity trays to vibrant kitchenware, floral rugs, patterned furniture, and wall decor.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Ceramic and porcelain are often used for colorful, patterned butter dishes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
And their mysterious, patterned movements?
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
They are designed with a matte front in a solid color, complemented by patterned temples.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Gage often opts for a solid or patterned velvet sofa with a print mix in the pillows.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
For more gorgeous pieces from the MacKenzie-Childs sale, check out our top picks below with everything from shimmery vanity trays to vibrant kitchenware, floral rugs, patterned furniture, and wall decor.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Ceramic and porcelain are often used for colorful, patterned butter dishes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
And their mysterious, patterned movements?
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
They are designed with a matte front in a solid color, complemented by patterned temples.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patterned
Adjective
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Julia was dressed in a chic oversized suit (her specialty) and heeled boots and a white striped tie, while Roberts wore a semi-sheer black gown with minimal jewelry.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of versatility in striped bedding.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the extent to which Devastating — whose owner is Kenneth Chee, a longtime pyrotechnics operator with a checkered past — or Cutright’s company BlackStar bear responsibility for the explosion remains unclear.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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His character, Mooney, wears checkered shirts and brown corduroy and drives a gold ’64 Chevy Nova.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gerwig, 42, returned to Venice in a black dress with a sheer black overlay speckled with glittering flowers.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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That’s because very ripe bananas—which are speckled with brown spots or even completely brown—are naturally sweeter than their green or yellow counterparts.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Dress it up with a plaid skirt, tights that made The List, and boots if you’re headed to the office.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Or swap out the grain sacks for plaid blankets for a similar effect.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These shifting climates intimately shaped the biosphere over this span (and vice versa), and in occasional terrifying pulses, threatened to end it.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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One of the earliest poetic works that collectively shaped us is the Shahnameh, an epic poem by the Persian poet Ferdowsi.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Simple arithmetic such as 355/113 could be calculated in place by selecting the text and pressing USE FRONT-CALC (Control-G), which yields the answer with a dotted underline to indicate the result of a computation.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Prospects seem good that someone will sign on the dotted line during or soon after the Toronto event.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For millennia, human brains adapted to local environments, languages and cultural practices.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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They were adapted from existing internal combustion engine platforms, with the electric powertrains shoehorned inside.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Patterned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patterned. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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