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
Virgin’s programming and dining are geared toward wellbeing without being prescriptive.
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Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Similar assignments performed in the past may merely serve as points of reference and fail to provide prescriptive templates regarding task planning and execution.
—Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This satisfies the superego and ensures America’s influence remains aspirational, not prescriptive.
—Sean P. Brooks, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
This design offers most of the cushioning and propulsive benefits of a super shoe, without the instability or the prescriptive stride control.
—Cory Smith, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
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Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Similar assignments performed in the past may merely serve as points of reference and fail to provide prescriptive templates regarding task planning and execution.
—Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This satisfies the superego and ensures America’s influence remains aspirational, not prescriptive.
—Sean P. Brooks, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
This design offers most of the cushioning and propulsive benefits of a super shoe, without the instability or the prescriptive stride control.
—Cory Smith, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for prescriptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescriptive
Adjective
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The tablets were identified within a large state archive building that was constructed from traditional mud-brick walls.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Her focus is less on traditional metrics like follower count and more on the creator’s ability to create compelling, educational content that aligns well with brands.—
Kristen Bousquet,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After his election in 2016, the annual Kennedy Center Honors was caught in the partisan crossfire as numerous artists vowed not to take part in the prestigious event if Trump were to attend, as has been customary for the U.S. president for decades.—
Paul Harris,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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Employees were not offered the chance of reassignment elsewhere in the agency; they were given thirty days of notice even though sixty is customary.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Water Conservation: Unlike conventional farming, where excessive water use leads to runoff and waste, Oishii’s system recycles a whopping 95% of its water.—
Chrissy Tracey,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The filmmakers’ focus throughout was on making the timings flow — in the conventional terms of our sense of pace, of course, but also spatial logistics.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Prescriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescriptive. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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