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rotes

noun

plural of rote

as in routines

an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity learned the rote for the exercise warm-up but not the reasoning behind it

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Banana Ball combines baseball with dance routines, trick plays and fan interaction.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Aaron Button is a programmable shortcut system made up of three buttons built into Pitaka’s Edge smartphone case that can be used to trigger smart home routines, activate AI tools, control connected devices, and more.

— TIME Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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Tableside dishes are a highlight, including a seasonal classic Greek salad and mouthwatering whole branzino baked in a coffee-grinds and sea-salt crust, then expertly deboned and served to perfection.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
In a measuring cup or small bowl, stir together the yogurt, mayonnaise, chives, dill and garlic powder; season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of pepper.

— Emily Weinstein, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026

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The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
But one of the most striking features of Libertad is that even its most intense tracks feature catchy melodies and irresistible grooves.

— Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

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The new plans also include more changes to the project's lighting and traffic patterns.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Prediction extends beyond the cerebral cortex The researchers used machine learning to determine whether brain activity patterns could distinguish between visual and tactile experiences.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of patterns

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Georgia is particularly thin at the tailback position, down three scholarship players since the end of spring drills.

— Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026
At Thursday’s session before Sunday’s home game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Douglas was again not participating in drills.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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