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Adjective
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Scientists have long debated the function of the zebra's distinctive black-and-white striped pattern.—
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Several customers said the striped design looks great on their couches while still feeling comfortable.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 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
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
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
Adjective
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The previous dress code allowed workers to wear patterned shirts in various colors, providing an opportunity for self-expression.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Sep. 2025
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These tiny, patterned structures are designed to capture and control light on a nanoscale.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Beck’s numbers through three starts with the Canes aren’t as gaudy as Ward’s were in wins over Florida, Florida A&M and Ball State a year ago, but the competition has been better, and his completion percentage is higher.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers piled up gaudy stats Saturday.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Meg lived in a somewhat offbeat district, but the tall shabby houses, some of them painted in garish colours, were soon left behind and gave place to discreetly glistening cream or white facades behind one of which Leonora lived.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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That character is Mike Tyler (Chris Evans), a Hollywood star recovering from a recent nervous breakdown and attending a garish eco-friendly charity party for the super-super-rich that’s being held in a fantastically austere Greek mine.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two seconds, three, all of us immobilized in shock while my son, the toddler, went down like a ship’s anchor, all the way down through nine feet of water to the dappled sloping bottom.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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North from Florence, the roads twist through rolling hills and ancient villages, past rippling streams and the dappled shade from oak trees.—
Jonathan Hawkins,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Plaided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaided. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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