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a structure made of wood or metal strips that are arranged or attached together in a gridlike pattern
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Recent Examples of lattice
Similar projects in other parts of the country have steel lattice towers as tall as 130 to 180 feet, or about the height of a 15-story building.
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Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Prior research inferred the amount of core hydrogen by using X-ray diffraction to look at the lattice structure in iron crystals, which expands more when hydrogen is present.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Lay half of strips lengthwise over jam mixture, spacing evenly, then arrange remaining strips crosswise across, working alternately over and under lengthwise strips to create a lattice pattern (leave barely any space between strips so top is completely covered).
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Different arrangements of these hydrogen bonds can shape ice’s crystalline structure into various configurations, from a hexagonal prism to a cubic lattice to less familiar lattice systems such as rhombohedral and tetragonal.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
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Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Prior research inferred the amount of core hydrogen by using X-ray diffraction to look at the lattice structure in iron crystals, which expands more when hydrogen is present.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Lay half of strips lengthwise over jam mixture, spacing evenly, then arrange remaining strips crosswise across, working alternately over and under lengthwise strips to create a lattice pattern (leave barely any space between strips so top is completely covered).
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Different arrangements of these hydrogen bonds can shape ice’s crystalline structure into various configurations, from a hexagonal prism to a cubic lattice to less familiar lattice systems such as rhombohedral and tetragonal.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lattice
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But determining how to structure reimbursements would be tricky, as the costs of the tariffs flowed through the economy in the form of customers paying the taxes directly as well as importers either passing along the cost indirectly or absorbing them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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The funding will also allow for construction of an ornamental structure to enhance the park’s performance pavilion, as originally envisioned.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Then for the main event, fans get to see their favorite wrestlers locked inside a steel cage.—
Adam Davidson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Inside the fence line were cranes, fuel tanks, and spools of cable; a crew was splicing together cages of rebar to sink into the ground.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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On Friday night, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company had reached an agreement with the Pentagon to deploy ChatGPT on classified networks, offering an alternative to Claude.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The network will reveal further details in the coming weeks.—
Staff Author,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Kim Rosenstock, who wrote this episode of Love Story, had the framework of what the emotions were based on, but still had to come up with the substance of the fight.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2026
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The latest print comes after the government overhauled the framework for calculating economic output to improve accuracy.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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In extra innings, teams without challenges remaining will receive one per frame.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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The 6-foot-10 forward scored seven points in the second frame alone to have 11 by the half.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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Despite a challenging 2025 and ongoing price pressures impacting both retailers and consumers, brands are pushing forward with premium fabrics, new fabrications and more directional design statements.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her designs render traditional Kurdish silhouettes in non-traditional fabrics, with skull prints, camouflage, Japanese florals and Chanel-like weaves featuring in her collections.—
Nicola Chilton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
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That original scarcity logic also justified a broader regulatory architecture, including the now-defunct Fairness Doctrine.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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In recent years, researchers have discovered that, aside from fracturing, living tissues also crumple, buckle, wrinkle, and fold via physical mechanisms that produce incredible diversity with just a few slight tweaks in tissue properties and architecture.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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Andrea wants somebody to hug her hard, to squeeze her until every bone in her skeleton cracks.—
Rodrigo Hasbún,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Ukrainian athlete barred from racing Vladyslav Heraskevych planned to compete in skeleton while wearing a helmet featuring images of Ukrainian athletes who had been killed since Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Lattice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lattice. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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