pattern practice

American  

noun

1. (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.

2. Also called pattern drill.  a drill using this technique.

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Example Sentences

The attorney general’s Civil Rights Bureau sometimes looks into sexual harassment complaints itself if it sees evidence of “a pattern, practice or policy of sexual harassment affecting a significant number of people.”

From Seattle Times

It also claims Guyger’s conduct reflects inadequate training and fits the department’s “pattern, practice, history and custom of using excessive force against minorities”, citing examples of recent fatal shootings by Dallas police.

From The Guardian

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From New York Times

“This case will undoubtedly bring a microscope of national attention to the shooting itself as well as the city’s pattern, practice and procedures in rubber-stamping fatal police shootings of African Americans as ‘justified.'”

From Time

"This case will undoubtedly bring a microscope of national attention to the shooting itself as well as the city's pattern, practice and procedures in rubber-stamping fatal police shootings of African Americans as 'justified.'"

From US News