as in traditional
based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation
even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note
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Recent Examples of prescriptive
India, for example, is home to some of the largest AI talent and plans to release a deliberately non-prescriptive AI governance framework.
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The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Workout Buddy is intentionally less prescriptive than the Running Coach on the latest Galaxy Watches.
—PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
However, he wasn’t prescriptive with his inspirations.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
For the first time, a prescriptive hearing aid device made people envious.
—Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Workout Buddy is intentionally less prescriptive than the Running Coach on the latest Galaxy Watches.
—PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
However, he wasn’t prescriptive with his inspirations.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
For the first time, a prescriptive hearing aid device made people envious.
—Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prescriptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescriptive
Adjective
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Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Tight ends fiercely preserve their own history and the nuances of their position, preferring peer-to-peer coaching to more traditional coach/player dynamics.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Regardless, for three weeks Dylan didn’t respond at all to the announcement of the award, nor to the customary invitation from their Royal Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden, to come to Stockholm to accept the coveted Prize in person.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Foster himself is carefully presented in all the customary ways for this kind of quiet-cool, deadly-when-riled hero.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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After being integrated, this system will demonstrate its capabilities in live-fire tests – advancing the Department of War’s effort to evaluate and accelerate new, cost-effective strike capabilities for conventional deterrence.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Studies show operating emissions for rail can be as low as 31 g CO₂e per passenger-km on electrified routes, a number far below many conventional car or plane comparisons.—
Chelsea Haney
October 25,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Prescriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescriptive. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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