fit the pattern of
idiom
: to happen or occur in the same regular and repeated way in which something else happens or occurs : appear to be the same as
Your symptoms fit the pattern of diabetes.
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Breaking all ties with a family friend — one who helped make Ben’s famous around the country — would not seem to fit the pattern of Ali’s life.
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Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The weapon and the target fit the pattern of attacks linked to Iran in the past.
—Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
The stones are cut in precise gradient sizes to fit the pattern of the swirl.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
For the activists, those actions fit the pattern of a department focused on protecting its own.
—Kathleen Foody, ajc, 13 Feb. 2022
Mallard wrote that Angel and LaTonya’s cases were never thought to have fit the pattern of the other cases.
—al, 20 Oct. 2021
Not all counties in Oregon fit the pattern of low vaccination rates and high case rates, however, with four counties with vaccination rates under 50% registering less than 10 weekly cases per 10,000 residents.
—oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
This age did not fit the pattern of previous discoveries, or the prevailing visions of how our story began.
—Luke Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
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Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The weapon and the target fit the pattern of attacks linked to Iran in the past.
—Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
The stones are cut in precise gradient sizes to fit the pattern of the swirl.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
For the activists, those actions fit the pattern of a department focused on protecting its own.
—Kathleen Foody, ajc, 13 Feb. 2022
Mallard wrote that Angel and LaTonya’s cases were never thought to have fit the pattern of the other cases.
—al, 20 Oct. 2021
Not all counties in Oregon fit the pattern of low vaccination rates and high case rates, however, with four counties with vaccination rates under 50% registering less than 10 weekly cases per 10,000 residents.
—oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
This age did not fit the pattern of previous discoveries, or the prevailing visions of how our story began.
—Luke Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
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