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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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Outside the building, people were seen in pajamas with their pets inside cages.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Staking peonies with peony cages offers the plant support and keeps it upright even through the elements.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Apr. 2026
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After a casino owner turned TV star first became President of the United States, media networks further beefed up their political coverage by treating it like entertainment, amplifying juicy play-by-plays over granular dissections of policy.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Klose professionalized the leadership structure and established more competitive pay for the networks' hosts.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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Much of the wooden buildings were destroyed by fire in 1923, later replaced with brick structures.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some structures on the grounds are 200 years old, salvaged from the hog farm that was on the property 40-plus years ago.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 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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Most current educational models were built on frameworks from the 1920s, optimized for uniformity and rote instruction, not for the range of students in classrooms today.—
Sherri Helvie,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Covalent organic frameworks have been explored as potential electrolyte materials because of their porous and stable structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 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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The skeletons were found on the grounds of the Josephine Baker school complex in Dijon, roughly 195 miles southeast of Paris.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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And, in a market increasingly comfortable selling wares from dinosaur skeletons to space memorabilia, a staircase—however historic—feels almost modest.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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We’re spread too thin, needing to connect complex infrastructures of storytelling instead of engaging in-depth with a single tale.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Unpaved road infrastructures may become unusable for most vehicles.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Lattices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lattices. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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