cut-and-dried
adjective
variants
or less commonly cut-and-dry
: being or done according to a plan, set procedure, or formula : routine
a cut-and-dried presentation
Examples of cut-and-dried in a Sentence
a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way
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David Oliver, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Here’s the cut-and-dry of it: Butler and Kuminga play the same position — inside-the-arc power forward.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
But underneath all the friendly hi-jinks and props, this is a cut-and-dry ad with a dual purpose: to make Drake richer and provide some image recovery after his catastrophic beef with Kendrick.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2025
Seth and Summer, dated in real life), but whatever’s been brewing between The White Lotus stars Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins over the past few weeks seems decidedly more complex than a cut-and-dried on-set fling.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut-and-dried. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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