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as in customary
based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation
a traditional Passover meal at his grandparents' house
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as in conservative
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
a family that is very traditional when it comes to institutions like marriage
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Recent Examples of traditional
In today’s fascination with affordable, tiny houses, the legacy of traditional American architecture is in plain sight.
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Time, 2 June 2026
Food buyers are looking for authenticity Consumers are willing to pay more for products perceived as unique, traditional or carefully sourced — and that willingness is driving real changes in how food is sold.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
By integrating navigation, approach planning, grasping, and manipulation into a unified action framework, PUDU D7 eliminates the traditional separation between movement and operation, enabling more efficient execution of complex, multi-step tasks.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
And traditional Sharia treats homosexual acts as punishable offenses.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for traditional
Time, 2 June 2026
Food buyers are looking for authenticity Consumers are willing to pay more for products perceived as unique, traditional or carefully sourced — and that willingness is driving real changes in how food is sold.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
By integrating navigation, approach planning, grasping, and manipulation into a unified action framework, PUDU D7 eliminates the traditional separation between movement and operation, enabling more efficient execution of complex, multi-step tasks.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
And traditional Sharia treats homosexual acts as punishable offenses.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traditional
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The Chinese government did not issue any public notices for pilots to avoid the rocket’s flight path, as is customary for space launches around the world.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Hers is a customary voice of Christine; innocent and naive one moment, growing into supreme confidence the next.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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Overturning the doctrine aligns with conservative legal values, such as the traditional view that Congress writes laws and the courts interpret them.—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
28 May 2026
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Low inflation also often leads to lower interest rates, reducing returns on savings accounts and conservative investments.—
David Kudla,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Tucked into the misty highlands of Santa Cruz Island, far from the bustle of Puerto Ayora’s waterfront, Royal Palm Galapagos, Curio Collection Hotel by Hilton feels less like a conventional Galápagos hotel and more like a secluded jungle retreat.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The biggest of these is that trades of blockchain-base stocks can settle almost instantly, versus a conventional process that relies on Wall Street intermediaries that require a day or more to finalize a transaction.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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The documentary traces Hier’s path from an orthodox Jewish enclave to international prominence as the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Thile will also team with acclaimed jazz and classical singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Sullivan Fortner on a new version of Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which will receive its world premiere at the 2027 Festival.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Rarely translated into English, but revered in Japan for the purity of her classical language and her status as the country’s first professional woman writer, Ichiyo Higuchi drew on her own short life in a poor Tokyo neighbourhood to inspire her work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Green Bay has to hope the NFL shows its usual apathy and Jacobs gets off before ending up in Kansas City.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Despite throwing his four-seam fastball 1 mph faster than usual, the pitch resulted in a strike 76% of the time.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Butlers here are called Aris Meehas, a historical Maldivian reference to someone assigned to serve royalty—thankfully, interactions are more easy-going than overly deferential.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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These reforms stripped the dominant Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of its historical control of the regional government, driving it into active opposition.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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“Traditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traditional. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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