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Recent Examples of striateUp 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 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 See All Example Sentences for striate
Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
While Edmonton Oilers fans focus on the famous veteran wingers who were lost to free agency, the organization is focused on a new-look group that marbles youth, experience and the unknown in hopes of adding speed and goals.
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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Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
13 Mar. 2023
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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Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2023
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.
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.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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.
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.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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.
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