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Recent Examples of predictable
The president is as predictable as, well, the pardon of his son.
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The Editors, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
It’s called Vision 2030 and revolves around three education pillars, including future-focused learning, shared accountability and predictable funding.
—Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Dec. 2024
Bamford hopes that the move will lessen the school’s dependence on guarantee games, since its schedule will become more predictable with conference games and the school will receive a share of the M.A.C.’s media-rights deal with ESPN.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, money stuff may begin to settle into a more predictable pattern following Mercury’s direct station on December 15.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
It’s called Vision 2030 and revolves around three education pillars, including future-focused learning, shared accountability and predictable funding.
—Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Dec. 2024
Bamford hopes that the move will lessen the school’s dependence on guarantee games, since its schedule will become more predictable with conference games and the school will receive a share of the M.A.C.’s media-rights deal with ESPN.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, money stuff may begin to settle into a more predictable pattern following Mercury’s direct station on December 15.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictable
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The familiar problems with interceptions, lack of discipline and missed kicks keep popping up.Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Yet there’s a familiar ring here: Republicans are back in power; deregulation and spending cuts to social programs meant to protect ordinary people are back in vogue.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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However, most doctors’ offices aren’t set up to offer a body composition scan at a routine visit, and there’s not much movement to change that.Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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After Kiké Hernández singled to lead off the inning, Tommy Edman hit a routine fly ball to center field.Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Orr is a habitual offender whose criminal history goes back 30 years.Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
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While a routine is habitual, rituals are experiences that take place with intention and can be transformative.Jann E. Freed, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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The timing of the move — early Tuesday evening — would have been unremarkable except for what preceded it: rumors that the president-elect’s eldest son was dating a socialite, Bettina Anderson.Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The tech side is surprisingly unremarkable, with the visuals by the normally more nuanced DP Frida Marzouk providing a bright, digitald look.Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Thai immigration officials said visitor numbers from Myanmar were unexceptional.Jintamas Saksornchai, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
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Such peculiarity encourages reconsideration of this otherwise unexceptional comedy.Armond White, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
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The two drive through a classic American landscape with Roan's parents in the backseat.Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Looks The Crown’s design feels caught between two worlds - not bold enough to be futuristic, not classic enough to be timeless.Josh Max, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Predictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictable. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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