How to Use thought patterns/processes in a Sentence

thought patterns/processes

plural noun
  • Sometimes, those sneaky feelings of overwhelm, resistant thought patterns and a sense of doubt can creep in—and that’s okay!
    Cheryl Keates, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • It’s trained to follow language and thought patterns like humans.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But as is so often the case with do-gooders in possession of shallow thought processes, the joke was on Pierre.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • A lot of them had to do with interrogating her thought patterns and emotions.
    Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Cancer June 21-July 22 Your thought patterns are about to become much, much wider, Cancer.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Some of you could be struggling with breaking out of negative thought patterns that were passed down from your family of origin.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Advertisement Then, the thought processes of key leaders seemed to change, Rodriguez said.
    Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Drop the thought patterns of your former, smaller self and step spectacularly into your brand new role.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • If left unchecked, these maladaptive thought patterns can lead to debilitating levels of burnout and stress.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Patients with anorexia were still unable to bring themselves to eat, still stuck in rigid thought patterns, still chillingly underweight.
    Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Exercise can also help take your focus off negative thought patterns, per the Mayo Clinic.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Part of the overeating may be because stress can interfere with thought processes, like self-regulation.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 11 May 2023
  • Maybe a little bit of examination of one's internal thought processes about this stuff might help.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
  • While sitting in the dugout watching a game, O’Hoppe will ask whoever isn’t playing that day questions about what to do in certain situations, getting to talk through his thought processes in game time.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • The introduction sets the stage for how the foster care system evolved and focuses on the orphan train as a way of describing the early problems and thought processes leading to the modern foster care system.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • Simple programming languages like Scratch, and techniques like block coding, make learning the logic and thought processes behind coding easy, even for kids.
    Science Near Me, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2023
  • That can involve looking at thought patterns as no different than any other stimuli in the environment to take the power out of perfectionist thoughts.
    Jennifer Dunphy, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2023
  • This represents a turning point to come back to the self after a period of potentially self-destructive behaviors or thought patterns.
    Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The goal is to recognize and challenge distorted or negative thought patterns that contribute to emotional distress.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Three of them—Aricept, Exelon, and Razadyne—are cholinesterase inhibitors, which treat symptoms related to memory, language, judgment, and other thought processes.
    Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 15 June 2023
  • Field linguists, whose work brings them regularly into contact with the stunning diversity of the world's languages, also have long doubted the idea that a person's native language has no impact on their thought processes.
    Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Woebot deploys concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy to help users change their thought patterns.
    Casey Sackett, IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2024
  • After 30 days without alcohol, your brain and thought processes might become clearer, according to Larson.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Nolan also asked Jackson to try to show Oppenheimer's thought processes which would be ultimately depicted in the movie via abstract but spectacular imagery.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 July 2023
  • Editor’s picks Diversity among your team means involving a variety of people with different backgrounds, thought processes, and skill types.
    Jason Hennessey, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • This causes a perspective shift that appears to reduce excessive rumination and self-focus, which may allow people to escape unhealthy thought patterns and behaviors.
    ELLE, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But that distinction doesn’t necessarily mean that Neanderthal creations should be regarded as products of simpler minds or thought processes.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • The other side of the equation is addressing a person’s attitudes and thought patterns about social interactions through cognitive behavioral therapy.
    Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • Bad information, if it were stored in a crucial place, could cause system-wide problems; irrational or inaccurate thought patterns could shape feelings or behaviors in counterproductive ways, and vice versa.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 July 2023
  • Along with maintaining that sense of curiosity about anxiety and negative thought patterns, Jewel always recommends practicing meditation and developing a game plan for bad mental health days and episodes.
    Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023

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