as in organized
following a set method, arrangement, or pattern the first systematic effort to find witnesses to the crime systematic elimination and reintroduction of certain foods to determine what he's allergic to

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Recent Examples of systematic In every discussion, create a systematic opportunity for everyone to express themselves. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 However, a more recent systematic review published in the Cochrane Database does not support the use of supplemental calcium and vitamin D for improving BMD in healthy postmenopausal women.4 Fracture risk: Results of research on fracture risk are also mixed. Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025 Now that the opposition has had a chance to galvanize, Trump is making Musk somewhat accountable to the cabinet secretaries and is talking about using a scalpel to make more systematic cuts. Nolan Finley, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025 Factory farm conditions and systematic failures in disease prevention have also created the perfect storm for the avian flu outbreak. Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for systematic
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Adjective
  • Professor Hanson backed up the idea of the group being limited in its capacity to act in an organized way, particularly as a force directed by Maduro.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But the model is just a clock, a clock that has a pendulum that moves in a very organized way, and that pendulum drives a wheel that shows the time, the hands that show the minutes and seconds.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Context Patricia is methodical, forthright and soft spoken.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Another cause of the rising angst towards him has been due to the team playing a slow methodical passing game with little attacking intent.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Monk missed the last nine games of the 2023-24 regular season and two play-in games due to a right MCL sprain.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • At 97 points and with four games remaining in the regular season, the Bolts sit three points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Atlantic Division lead.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Systematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/systematic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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