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Recent Examples of striate
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.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
Others cited Dairy Queen’s ice cream cake—two layers of soft serve, striated by the brand’s signature fudge-and-crunch center—as a highlight of childhood parties.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2023
There are three main types of muscle tissue: smooth muscle lines the gut wall and organs, except the heart; cardiac muscle is striated and covers the heart; and skeletal muscle, which can be found in the arms and legs, is also striated.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
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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.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
Others cited Dairy Queen’s ice cream cake—two layers of soft serve, striated by the brand’s signature fudge-and-crunch center—as a highlight of childhood parties.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2023
There are three main types of muscle tissue: smooth muscle lines the gut wall and organs, except the heart; cardiac muscle is striated and covers the heart; and skeletal muscle, which can be found in the arms and legs, is also striated.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for striate
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The marbling method, a simple smoosh, pinch, and roll, creates bakery-worthy swirls in every cookie.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
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Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Plan your visit around a night launch to see rockets streak through the sky.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mateychuk was streaking through the slot when Monahan found him from behind the net.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
13 Mar. 2023
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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.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2023
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The Illinois skies are mottled.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The parrot’s feathers are a bright gilded green mottled with black, and its life span is comparable to that of a human.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
Verb
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In the picture, Chelsea could be seen at an event, wearing a pink and red striped turtleneck underneath a pink sweater.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Dueling orthodontic advertisements stripe the bottom of Hill Murray’s football scoreboard.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The first two discs are flecked with revelations.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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It was filled with two-page illustrations of long necks and sweeping ochre landscapes, with clever reptilian faces and sinuous tails, orange and green and flecked in black.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Swathes of social media stars, including sessions with Twitch streamers, sports influencers and heads of digital media studios, speckled the lineup with talks on how to do creator content right.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Created by James Beard Award winner and Bottega’s former pastry chef, Dolester Miles, the cake itself is speckled with ground pecans, which add texture and sweetness, which are brushed with simple syrup.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mayfield’s Best-Summer-Melon with Speck Mayfield chef Jon Sarmenta makes this version of melon and speck his own by roasting spice nuts for garnish and making a melon vinaigrette to drizzle all over the dish.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Nov. 2019
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“Striate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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