distinctive pattern

collocation in English

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distinctive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/
Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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The distributions show adistinctivepattern.
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Intriguingly, there is not adistinctivepatternaccording to section.
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However, the high resilience maltreated children exhibited adistinctivepatternof diurnal variation.
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The degree of trust placed in social institutions shows adistinctivepattern.
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It is likely that both socio-economic and environmental factors contributed to itsdistinctivepattern.
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Further, "each distinct emotion is elicited by adistinctivepatternof appraisal" (their emphasis).
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However, nodistinctivepatternof involvement of functionallyor developmentally-related groups of nuclei were evident.
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Each voice may have its owndistinctivepatternof frequencies of linguistic constructions and pragmatic characteristics.
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Reaching and grasping gestures towards imagined objects exhibit thedistinctivepatternthat is observed when subjects are asked to pantomime a reaching and grasping motion.
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Adistinctivepatternof domestic and kinship organization may have emerged during the ' golden age ' for the wealthier and more powerful strata.
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If so, it can be assumed that cortisol is plugged into still another system anddistinctivepatternof psychological and inhibitory mechanisms.
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A particular religious tradition would regard someone as fulfilled or liberated whose life had been most fully shaped by thedistinctivepatternit fosters.
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It is thisdistinctivepatternof increased sanitary capacity at the very end of the nineteenth century which must now be assessed alongside the concurrent trends in mortality.
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Each district has adistinctivepattern.
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It has adistinctivepatternof melanophores.
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As a result, adistinctivepatternof ethnic change prevails.
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The pervasiveness of the difficulties reported suggested that this co-occurring pattern of depression and heavy drinking among adolescents represents adistinctivepatternfrom the depression-only and heavydrinking-only subgroups.
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The ground colour of the forewings is fawn with adistinctivepatternof dark brown markings.
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Thisdistinctivepatternsets it apart from other theridiids in its area.
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It has adistinctivepatternthat resembles tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain.
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Intricate carvings adorn the wooden ceilings, with each room having adistinctivepattern.
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It is commonly called the skullcap dapperling due to itsdistinctivepatternon the cap.
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The sarees made here have adistinctivepatternand are usually made from cotton.
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Each village has its owndistinctivepattern, making it possible to distinguish a person's home town.
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Hand scraping leaves adistinctivepatternon the surface that is scraped.
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