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Recent Examples of striate
Two of the display plinths have striated concrete surfaces that conjure the organic feel of rammed earth, a move that’s recognizable from D.S. & Durga’s Brooklyn branch.
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Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
Others cited Dairy Queen’s ice cream cake—two layers of soft serve, striated by the brand’s signature fudge-and-crunch center—as a highlight of childhood parties.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2023
There are three main types of muscle tissue: smooth muscle lines the gut wall and organs, except the heart; cardiac muscle is striated and covers the heart; and skeletal muscle, which can be found in the arms and legs, is also striated.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
On every landing, something was always peeling: walls striated with gray paint like shedding snakes; red and gold fú signs (for good fortune) coming unstuck from the last new year.
—Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
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Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
Others cited Dairy Queen’s ice cream cake—two layers of soft serve, striated by the brand’s signature fudge-and-crunch center—as a highlight of childhood parties.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2023
There are three main types of muscle tissue: smooth muscle lines the gut wall and organs, except the heart; cardiac muscle is striated and covers the heart; and skeletal muscle, which can be found in the arms and legs, is also striated.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
On every landing, something was always peeling: walls striated with gray paint like shedding snakes; red and gold fú signs (for good fortune) coming unstuck from the last new year.
—Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for striate
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This ham is spiraled and salty, with lots of yummy marbling around the sides.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2024
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There’s a nice mix of experience and youth marbled through the lineup, with Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers leading the offence.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Defying gravity This week, flaming debris from a SpaceX launch vehicle streaked across the skies over Germany, while what may have been a fuel tank landed in Poland.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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The descriptions are diverse: luminous balls rolling along the ground or floating above it, aurora-like clouds in the sky, streaks shooting through the air, all in a range of color.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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And there was considerable evidence of current ideas on baroque performance practice: buoyant rhythms, variegated (not absolute) legato, sparing string vibrato.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
13 Mar. 2023
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Take Cues from the Landscape For this garden door container, red-orange copperleaf and variegated sea hibiscus tie into the color of a nearby Japanese maple.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2023
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Some are near-alabaster or silvery, others the darkest of greens, and there are variegated choices, striped or mottled in gold or white or silver.—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The soil was mottled with sheep droppings and uneven patches of grass.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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Hardly wide enough to stand on, sometimes as thin as a phone case, teensy balconies have been striping the façades of new, multifamily buildings across Brooklyn and Queens at a rate inversely proportional to their usefulness.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some are near-alabaster or silvery, others the darkest of greens, and there are variegated choices, striped or mottled in gold or white or silver.—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Shilpa lovingly stroked cloth flecked with gold that clocked in at 380 euros a meter, and visualized the shawl that could be made from it.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Image But the quality is dubious: smelly, cloudy and flecked with debris.—
Abu Bakr Bashir,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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Seated behind a white grand piano speckled with color, Batiste brought Kansas City Chiefs' Chris Jones to tears, as the defensive player wiped his eyes with a tissue.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Aztecs, nonetheless, are primarily Mexican, speckled by a few Ecuadorians and a Honduran member.—
Mayolo López Gutiérrez,
NPR,
1 Jan. 2025
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The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Nov. 2019
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Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2018
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“Striate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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