How to Use thought patterns/processes in a Sentence

thought patterns/processes

plural noun
  • It’s trained to follow language and thought patterns like humans.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Taking a moment to shift these negative thought patterns can be a valuable way to start the day.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
  • A lot of them had to do with interrogating her thought patterns and emotions.
    — Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The work paves the way to better understand the human brain and its thought processes.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2025
  • But there are also reliable ways to manage symptoms and resources to cope with your thought patterns.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 9 May 2024
  • Sometimes, those sneaky feelings of overwhelm, resistant thought patterns and a sense of doubt can creep in—and that’s okay!
    — Cheryl Keates, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Drop the thought patterns of your former, smaller self and step spectacularly into your brand new role.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But as is so often the case with do-gooders in possession of shallow thought processes, the joke was on Pierre.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • If left unchecked, these maladaptive thought patterns can lead to debilitating levels of burnout and stress.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • That’s a slippery slope since humans don’t monetize their thought patterns at industrial scale.
    — Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Maybe a little bit of examination of one's internal thought processes about this stuff might help.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Getting out of your own echo chambers and into someone else's thought processes is interactive.
    — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Part of the overeating may be because stress can interfere with thought processes, like self-regulation.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 11 May 2023
  • Patients with anorexia were still unable to bring themselves to eat, still stuck in rigid thought patterns, still chillingly underweight.
    — Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When facing job interview questions, stories serve as a fast-pass to your thought processes and experience.
    — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But some labs are making strides by concentrating on technology that converts thought patterns into speech.
    — ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Advertisement Then, the thought processes of key leaders seemed to change, Rodriguez said.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Exercise can also help take your focus off negative thought patterns, per the Mayo Clinic.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Woebot deploys concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy to help users change their thought patterns.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2024
  • But obviously there's some residual thought patterns that exist, some of Pansy's intrusive thoughts that stayed for a while.
    — H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • That can involve looking at thought patterns as no different than any other stimuli in the environment to take the power out of perfectionist thoughts.
    — Jennifer Dunphy, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2023
  • This represents a turning point to come back to the self after a period of potentially self-destructive behaviors or thought patterns.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Simple programming languages like Scratch, and techniques like block coding, make learning the logic and thought processes behind coding easy, even for kids.
    — Science Near Me, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Identify 5 specific behaviors, habits, or thought patterns that would seem ridiculous or small-minded to someone playing at a higher level.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Cancer June 21-July 22 Your thought patterns are about to become much, much wider, Cancer.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For instance, producing a video of a soccer match might require not just rendering a ball bouncing off cleats, but developing models of physics, tactics, and players’ thought processes.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • After 30 days without alcohol, your brain and thought processes might become clearer, according to Larson.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2024
  • When Mercury — the planet of communication and thought processes — journeys through vivacious Leo, words and ideas take the stage, putting on a performance all on their own.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 June 2025
  • The introduction sets the stage for how the foster care system evolved and focuses on the orphan train as a way of describing the early problems and thought processes leading to the modern foster care system.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • While sitting in the dugout watching a game, O’Hoppe will ask whoever isn’t playing that day questions about what to do in certain situations, getting to talk through his thought processes in game time.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023

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