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
For instance, Verizon is already deploying a full spectrum of AI, including predictive and prescriptive AI, machine learning, deep learning algorithms, and generative AI.
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New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: The SEC hasn't shared a lot of prescriptive guidance on what cyber incident disclosures should look like — leaving room for interpretation.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
The time is right for PBM reform, but the American people might be better served if Congress goes back to the drawing board and takes a different approach, one that is less bureaucratically prescriptive but enables change.
—Rita Numerof, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The book is by no means meant to be prescriptive, but rather serves as a guide for those looking for a starting point.
—Rosana Lai, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: The SEC hasn't shared a lot of prescriptive guidance on what cyber incident disclosures should look like — leaving room for interpretation.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
The time is right for PBM reform, but the American people might be better served if Congress goes back to the drawing board and takes a different approach, one that is less bureaucratically prescriptive but enables change.
—Rita Numerof, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The book is by no means meant to be prescriptive, but rather serves as a guide for those looking for a starting point.
—Rosana Lai, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for prescriptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescriptive
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One big hope is that increased physical play makes Sweden more competitive at the international level against traditional hockey powers like the United States, Canada and Finland.—
Steve Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The includes the open banking rule, which has generally been well received by fintech players but opposed by traditional banks. CFPB finalized the rule at the end of 2024, with large depository institutions required to comply by April 2026.—
Lucinda Shen,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Also Tuesday, the NTSB said in an update that data to air traffic control showed the Black Hawk helicopter appeared to be higher than the 200 feet ceiling that is customary under Federal Aviation Administration rules near that airport.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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As was customary with Wilson’s work, there were extensive rewrites, some cast changes and further productions at other regional theaters before the show went to Broadway in 1992.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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There was no conventional way to insert the centre-forward Arsenal had been so painfully lacking in the first 69 minutes of the match.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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But a truly effective Iron Dome system is hard to imagine without a laser component, given the high-speed nature and possibilities of being overwhelmed and running out of conventional air defense missiles.—
James Stavridis,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Prescriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescriptive. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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