as in routine
an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity
I've fallen into a rut, watching television and then going to bed every night
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Recent Examples of rut
The Newsom for President bandwagon hit another rut this week.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Arnaud Chevallier, strategy professor at IMD Business School, explains how leaders can break out of that rut and systematically ask five kinds of questions: investigative, speculative, productive, interpretive, and subjective.
—Harvard Business Review, 14 May 2025
But overall, the Phillies are middling in most major offensive categories as a team, and their franchise player is stuck in a rut.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
To manage negative thoughts, doing something positively physical often helps—getting up, walking around and moving into a new venue are some first steps toward getting out of a rut.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Arnaud Chevallier, strategy professor at IMD Business School, explains how leaders can break out of that rut and systematically ask five kinds of questions: investigative, speculative, productive, interpretive, and subjective.
—Harvard Business Review, 14 May 2025
But overall, the Phillies are middling in most major offensive categories as a team, and their franchise player is stuck in a rut.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
To manage negative thoughts, doing something positively physical often helps—getting up, walking around and moving into a new venue are some first steps toward getting out of a rut.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rut
Noun
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But that doesn’t mean his bedtime routine has to change.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
13 June 2025
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Consider them the ultimate way to make his morning routine go more smoothly.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Some of them aren’t physically or mentally ready to handle the grind and the pressure of playing in the National Hockey League.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2025
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However, there's a reason why teams have become proactive about buying players more rest throughout the grind of the 82-game regular season.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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But Gauff found her groove and won 12 straight points to tighten it up.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Talk to me about navigating that, the sort of settling into a groove there.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Rut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rut. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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