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
The regulators didn’t want to be too prescriptive, said David Blumenthal, the federal National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the time.
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Katie Jennings, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
One major roadblock in scaling up technologies like these is getting past prescriptive specifications in codes and regulations.
—Sarah Sax, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
With a downright firm underfoot ride and highly prescriptive roll testers all agreed this shoe gives nothing back and creates an awkward stride.
—Cory Smith, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
Critics warned against the SBC becoming overly prescriptive about certain doctrine for autonomous churches, while proponents said cooperation shouldn’t come at the risk of adherence to certain tenets.
—Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
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Katie Jennings, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
One major roadblock in scaling up technologies like these is getting past prescriptive specifications in codes and regulations.
—Sarah Sax, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
With a downright firm underfoot ride and highly prescriptive roll testers all agreed this shoe gives nothing back and creates an awkward stride.
—Cory Smith, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
Critics warned against the SBC becoming overly prescriptive about certain doctrine for autonomous churches, while proponents said cooperation shouldn’t come at the risk of adherence to certain tenets.
—Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescriptive
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That’s well away from most other deer — and hunters, who are focusing on better-looking ground with better traditional habitat hundreds of yards away.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine.Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The merger is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, subject to customary conditions.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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For example, there is bound to be a rush to seek assistance from counselors, therapists, mental health professionals, and all the customary avenues for garnering cognitive and psychological coping assistance.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Drone fleets are impractical if not impossible to shoot down with conventional projectiles.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps not coincidentally, by the time the first season ended, Tulsa King had become less of a lighthearted dramedy — about an old-fashioned New York crime boss way out of his element — and more of a conventional crime drama with betrayals, gunfights, and brooding regrets.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Prescriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescriptive. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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