true to form
idiom
: behaving or proceeding in the usual and expected way
Her latest movie is/runs true to form.
True to form, he was 20 minutes late for the meeting.
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And, true to form, Trump's salvo of tariffs over the last several weeks—instituting a chaotic reciprocal tariff regime, only to walk it back for 90 days while increasing restrictions on Chinese exports—is the epitome of unpredictability.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Udoka, true to form, wanted all the smoke after all.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
And true to form, the Mavericks opened the season losing four of their first seven games.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
And true to form, Bob, a past winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, is creating a live show based on the book.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Udoka, true to form, wanted all the smoke after all.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
And true to form, the Mavericks opened the season losing four of their first seven games.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
And true to form, Bob, a past winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, is creating a live show based on the book.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for true to form
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“True to form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20to%20form. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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