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also cut-and-dry
as in usual
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way
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Recent Examples of cut-and-dried
That’s the perfect setup for a cut-and-dried, eat-the-rich story in which every non-wealthy person agrees with Marshall, protects him, and gratefully accepts the mushrooms.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Clearly, there’s more to this story than a cut-and-dry acquisition.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 14 Mar. 2025
There isn’t really a cut-and-dried answer, but a good starting point is identifying the key stakeholders where AI is likely to be deployed.
—Matt Kunkel, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cut-and-dried
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Clearly, there’s more to this story than a cut-and-dry acquisition.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 14 Mar. 2025
There isn’t really a cut-and-dried answer, but a good starting point is identifying the key stakeholders where AI is likely to be deployed.
—Matt Kunkel, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cut-and-dried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-and-dried
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang was more somber than usual on the AI juggernaut’s conference call following its blockbuster earnings, according to CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos , who has been analyzing all the action in the cult stock for the last 24 hours.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Recruiters are no longer confined to hiring in the same usual saturated areas, benefiting emerging tech hubs.—
Nacho De Marco,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In a revealing interview on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Omos detailed his journey from assuming his rapid growth was normal to facing a critical health crisis.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Most kids use pacifiers—and up to a certain point, that's totally normal.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
29 May 2025
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The five plaintiffs are asking a Superior Court judge to render the city’s advancement of the typical $47.59-per-month trash fee null and void.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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If fat reduction is your goal, maintain a healthy diet and introduce a variety of other exercises to your routine, such as crunches, plank pose and situps.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Brunson, in his quiet and relentless way, now makes his brilliant play seem routine, the way Aaron Judge is doing that with the Yankees.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-and-dried. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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