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But since his early teens, Mitt had patterned his own hairstyle after a man named Edwin Jones, who served as his father’s top aide in running the Detroit operations of the Mormon Church.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2012

If being a natural iconoclast was not enough to make Ingrid Neel the dream McEnroe student, there was also the flattering disclosure that she had patterned her approach to the game after his.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2011

Yet it was the President, and none other, who had patterned the great events now coming to a climax.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trying to imagine them without any suggestions from Miss Royle or Jane, she had patterned them after a certain stuffed slipper-cushion that stood on Jane's dressing-table.

From The Poor Little Rich Girl by Gates, Eleanor

It fitted loosely into its clothes, for its citizens had patterned it with regard for the future, and it sprawled over twice its legitimate area.

From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood