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Recent Examples of striate
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
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
On every landing, something was always peeling: walls striated with gray paint like shedding snakes; red and gold fú signs (for good fortune) coming unstuck from the last new year.
—Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
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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
On every landing, something was always peeling: walls striated with gray paint like shedding snakes; red and gold fú signs (for good fortune) coming unstuck from the last new year.
—Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for striate
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Original price: $109.99 Get Crocs' signature marbled look in a sneaker version with the Echo Storm marble clog.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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The marbling itself is called shimofuri and makes for tender cuts of beef that melt in your mouth.—
Yukari Sakamoto,
AFAR Media,
12 June 2025
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Fighter jets whooshed by and a stealth bomber streaked through the air during Friday’s annual White House Fourth of July picnic.—
Andrew J. Campa
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Yet another request to see Juliet’s face was answered with a more realistic image of a brunette woman, her face streaked with blood.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 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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Her right hand looked like the hands most people have, but her other hand was very flat, tinged purple and green, mottled like a fish’s belly, and hanging like a dead fish.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Remains of a Styrofoam food container, mottled with mud.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Follow the red and white striped fire escape to the cozy lounge, styled after '50s-era Japanese GI bars by set designer Jennifer Long.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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These percale cotton sheets come in more than 30 colors and styles, but the blue striped pattern is very coastal grandma style—like something out of a guest bedroom in the Hamptons.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2025
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Wraps were—in marketing, if not always in reality—lower-calorie and lower-carb than normal sandwiches, all that pillowy, delicious bread having been replaced with a utilitarian tortilla forgery that tasted and looked virtuous, especially when it was flecked with spinach or tomato.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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The 2025 Razr is available in four new colors: Gibraltar Sea (blue), Lightest Sky (flecked white), Parfait Pink, and Spring Bud (green).—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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At least 40% of the banana should be speckled black or brown.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 July 2025
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The parents were concerned by the illness that had speckled their children’s bodies and weakened their breathing, but their distrust of vaccines and hospitals ran deeper.—
Brandy Zadrozny,
NBC news,
4 June 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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Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2018
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“Striate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striate. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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