pattern
/ˈpætən/ verb [T]Definition
be patterned after/on sth › to be copied from something or to be very similar to something: The facility will employ 150 people and be patterned after the steel fastener facility in Saint Joe, Indiana.
(Definition of pattern verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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