Example Sentences

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It seems the NBA is patterning itself after the MLB postseason.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023

He does hate to talk any more than he can help, and she is patterning after him just as fast as she can.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)