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Recent Examples of striate
Goetsch-Winckler House features two long walls of glass on either side of the structure, striated vertically by wooden partitions.
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Nick Remsen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Nov. 2024
Anyone visiting the park will want to see the spindly hoodoos, striated in red, gold, and white.
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Alison Osius,
Outside Online,
1 Nov. 2024
Up a flight of stone stairs, families and local business owners gather in the rambling collection of dining rooms, their high ceilings striated with wooden beams.
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Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez,
New York Times,
14 Nov. 2023
Two of the display plinths have striated concrete surfaces that conjure the organic feel of rammed earth, a move that’s recognizable from D.S. & Durga’s Brooklyn branch.
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Anna Fixsen,
ELLE Decor,
8 Sep. 2023
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Nick Remsen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Nov. 2024
Anyone visiting the park will want to see the spindly hoodoos, striated in red, gold, and white.
—
Alison Osius,
Outside Online,
1 Nov. 2024
Up a flight of stone stairs, families and local business owners gather in the rambling collection of dining rooms, their high ceilings striated with wooden beams.
—
Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez,
New York Times,
14 Nov. 2023
Two of the display plinths have striated concrete surfaces that conjure the organic feel of rammed earth, a move that’s recognizable from D.S. & Durga’s Brooklyn branch.
—
Anna Fixsen,
ELLE Decor,
8 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for striate
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The 21st century has yielded no shortage of stylish horror marbled with devious veins of pitch-dark humor — Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, pretty much every Jordan Peele feature.
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Brisket is a tough, richly marbled cut that only turns tender after hours of low-and-slow cooking, when connective tissue breaks down and fat renders into the meat.
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Just be sure to look for liners topped with rust-resistant metal grommets, as a trail of rust streaking your liner is unsightly.
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Remove brown, yellowing, streaked, and spotted leaves by cutting them off as close to the ground as possible.
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And there was considerable evidence of current ideas on baroque performance practice: buoyant rhythms, variegated (not absolute) legato, sparing string vibrato.
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Take Cues from the Landscape For this garden door container, red-orange copperleaf and variegated sea hibiscus tie into the color of a nearby Japanese maple.
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The mosquito, mottled in neon pink and purple, can be seen on a nearby computer screen.
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The sides may be mottled with brown blotches.
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Opt for scalloped French tips with blue fresco detailing, or stripes the color of the Tuscan sun.
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Shop 12 of our favorite quilts for every style and budget, including floral, striped, solid, and more designs.
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Around us were rolling hills flecked with houses, dappled by the sun shining through the clouds.
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The scales on their wings fleck off and can’t be replaced.
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This stunning plant boasts toothy leaves, speckled with silvery white and supported by colorful, velvety red stems.
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Carve out a corner in this inviting beer garden and patio that’s sun-speckled by day and lit by warm lanterns by night.
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Of course local photographer Geoff Baker was out and about in the storm as well, and his black-and-white shot of Main Street, with the snow specking the lens, is also memorable.
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When selecting a pattern, veined countertop patterns are the overwhelming favorite (75%), followed by 13% of homeowners choosing specked, and 12% choosing a uniform pattern.
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“Striate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striate. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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