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Recent Examples of patter
Noun
The pre-emergency patter is one of the show’s best staples. Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024 The song moves in melancholic piano pitter patters. Bryan West, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
Rain pattered against windows and rattled off rooftops, sending streams of water across sidewalks and cobblestone streets and into gutters. Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 Young dancers clad in black leotards pattered gently across the stage to their places. Bailey Reed, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for patter 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patter
Noun
  • Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.
    Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hardee’s has not provided public updates on its 2025 cage-free egg commitment, though sister brand Carl’s Jr. has already reached this goal in the U.S. Transparency extends from annual reports to labels on store shelves, where the proliferation of options and terminology can be daunting.
    Christine Ro, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Although the fires have brought devastation, Kimmel said, the last week has also been full of various lessons — including those on firefighting terminology and emergency responses.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At the funeral, her husband and Trump were seated next to each other and chatted and laughed together despite the history of political animosity between them.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Barack Obama attended the funeral and sat next to Trump, where a clip of the two smiling and chatting away quickly became viral on social media.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Negotiators are aiming to clinch an agreement on the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza by the weekend after marathon talks in Qatar, with mediators and negotiators from Israel and Hamas both saying a deal was closer than ever.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
  • An Israeli official briefed on the talks confirmed the deal to NBC News.
    Natasha Turak,Christina Wilkie, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The body of water first showed up on European maps in the 1500s and has had at least 32 names in different languages and dialects throughout the years.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Much of the driving dialogue is in Irish, and most importantly, in the Ulster dialect.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • So did her husband, former President Barack Obama, who could be seen conversing, smiling and laughing with Trump, his White House successor, for several minutes before the start of Carter's funeral.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • At an apparel level, the two do habitually converse—Coco Chanel launched her business making tennis dresses, and today’s athleisure has antecedents in Claire McCardell’s bodysuits and Y2K-era Prada Sport.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Their project for this week was to make Zoom presentations on music vocabulary.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • As sidekicks, Dreux and Alyssa share a value system, vocabulary and hearty appreciation for fun.
    Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • President-elect Trump’s talk of territorial expansion has rattled world leaders at an already precarious time in global politics.
    Julia Mueller, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
  • About 10 minutes in, students and staff were rattled by yet another blaring sound: the fire alarm.
    Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Patter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patter. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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