predictable

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Recent Examples of predictable During his roughly two-hour presentation at Nvidia’s premier showcase event, Huang announced several new hardware and software products — some predictable, some surprising — that reinforced Nvidia’s leadership position in the fast-moving artificial intelligence race. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025 This is the painfully predictable lesson the Trump administration’s first real foray into wartime diplomacy with the Kremlin has dealt. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025 Many battery-electric vehicles make a predictable, jarring thud over speed bumps and railroad tracks. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 What happens to them is predictable—and of little concern to the audience. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for predictable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictable
Adjective
  • On stage at Chicago Shakespeare’s Yard theater, the familiar iconography of the jukebox musical, a venerable Anglo-American genre, is being rehearsed.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The perfumed notes are calibrated and restrained so that the blossoms underpin more familiar flavors like punchy, piney juniper and juicy pomelo peel.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While each country framed its advisory independently, the messaging is consistent: entry is no longer viewed as routine or guaranteed.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Carey released her megahit just ahead of the 1994 holiday season, which has since received routine mass popularity every year.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • New flexible behaviors must become habitual for leaders.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • As a habitual offender with at least four prior convictions, Reed faced 10 years to life on the charges.
    John Lynch, arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike in India, beef is just another ingredient: unremarkable, uncontroversial, undeserving of a national debate.
    Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Having started from the Stadium Course’s 10th hole, seven straight pars had made for a solid but unremarkable start before Lower sent his tee shot at the par-three 17th sailing clear over the island green and into the drink.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie offers phantasmagorical twists on unexceptional banalities.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Or an unexceptional finance guy who is nevertheless built like a famous Hemsworth brother.
    Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Amazon has a classic version of the neck pillow that simply wraps around your neck and provides a cushion.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The base of Kylie Jenner's French nails are reminiscent of the popular soap nail trend but with that classic French nail art tip.
    Lena Raab, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2025

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“Predictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictable. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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