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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 lattices
Inspired by the helter-skelter brickwork of Chiang Mai's crumbling temples, their façades feature masonry laid in intricate motifs and wooden lattices that create beautiful shadowy patterns when the sun hits.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
Instead, look to modern lattices, scallops, and arches for a timeless feel that’s still up to date.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
Bound together by nylon cords, the lattices are used for new construction as well as buildings under renovation.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
The research team underlined that their real-world tests are supported by a comprehensive theoretical and computational model, which can accurately predict the complex behavior, of twisting gyroid lattices under different strain rates.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Cut-off shorts were worn long and paired with stiletto boots, while baggy jeans featured intricate lattices of cutouts.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
Instead, look to modern lattices, scallops, and arches for a timeless feel that’s still up to date.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
Bound together by nylon cords, the lattices are used for new construction as well as buildings under renovation.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
The research team underlined that their real-world tests are supported by a comprehensive theoretical and computational model, which can accurately predict the complex behavior, of twisting gyroid lattices under different strain rates.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Cut-off shorts were worn long and paired with stiletto boots, while baggy jeans featured intricate lattices of cutouts.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lattices
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Season 2 springboards on Fisk’s strongarm rule and his mandate to clean up the streets of rebels via his brutish Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which rounds up people – echoing recent INS maneuvers – and shoves them into deplorable conditions and cages.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Not only are mushroom crops particularly dependent on weather conditions, but traditional exclusion cages won’t keep out rodents and insects, which also like mushrooms.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some team owners and networks care about the potential drop in production value.—
Mac Engel
April 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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These platforms must forge collaborative networks that mutually reinforce one another and establish a rigorous framework that makes the cultural values of the biennial format legible, tangible, and palpable to various segments of society in the immediate locale and across the continent.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The sweeping structures bear a striking resemblance to the sensory organs sported by members of the insect world, which eventually granted them the nickname of the Antennae Galaxies.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The conflagration turned more than 14,021 acres to ash, killed 19 people, destroyed 9,414 structures, and badly burned another 1,074.—
Pat Maio,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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What looked like a narrow corridor of cosmic architectures now opens into an embarrassment of possibilities.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Organizations may experiment constantly, yet their architectures of experimentation increasingly resemble one another.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Mar. 2026
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Flexible loads, intelligent storage, and advanced demand coordination should be treated as capacity resources in grid planning, with regulatory frameworks updated accordingly.—
Brian Barlow,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Supporters say introductory courses had become too focused on contemporary social-justice frameworks and that the new standards restore an emphasis on classical thinkers, empirical methods and a broader range of perspectives.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, two custom, high-performance, balanced armatures handle the high frequencies.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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At one point there’s a throwaway bit involving a roller coaster that dives into a pit of lava, eventually emerging with all its passengers transformed into happy skeletons; maybe we are supposed to be those happy skeletons, drained of life and loving it.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2026
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Another discovery was a new chimaera — also known as a ghost shark or rat fish — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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If atoms can indeed act as sensitive probes of spacetime ripples, future detectors may no longer rely solely on massive infrastructures.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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In order to keep New Yorkers safe, the NYPD monitors threats 24 hours a day from its Joint Operations Center, where intelligence analysts scan city streets, bridges and sensitive locations and infrastructures.—
Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Lattices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lattices. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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