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also cut-and-dry
as in normal
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way
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Recent Examples of cut-and-dried
However, Katie Scheuer, an independent insurance broker with World Insurance Associates in South Dakota, explains that it's not always cut-and-dry, as numerous factors determine whether the liability falls on the town, the contractor, the homeowner, or another entity.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
There is only so much that’s cut-and-dried.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
But many physicists are not convinced by this cut-and-dried distinction.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Center is obviously the Nuggets’ most cut-and-dry position, especially after the acquisition of Valanciunas.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
There is only so much that’s cut-and-dried.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
But many physicists are not convinced by this cut-and-dried distinction.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Center is obviously the Nuggets’ most cut-and-dry position, especially after the acquisition of Valanciunas.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-and-dried
Adjective
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The agency said Tuesday that normal operations continue at the camp.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Most of the shifts and deformations gradually returned to normal by six months after return to Earth.—
Rachael Seidler,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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China’s consumer-price growth accelerated to the quickest in over three years and factory deflation moderated again, after a rally in energy markets and as household spending boomed during a later-than-usual Lunar New Year holiday.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Even with a chunk of its usual rotation out, the Heat’s depth was still on display.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Short-term capital gains — profits on assets held for a year or less — face ordinary income tax rates, which range from 10% to 37%.—
Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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The film, now nominated for an Oscar, presents seemingly ordinary rooms that families have turned into sacred spaces, preserving them for years as a way to process grief.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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And the median career length of a typical MLB player is just three years.—
Paul Bledsoe,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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If frictionless facial recognition becomes commonplace, theoretically, ICE is vulnerable to the technology as well.—
Sarah Jeong,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
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In the one-reel short — which features only one single camera set-up, as was commonplace at the time — Méliès plays a magician who winds up an automaton dressed as the clown Pierrot.—
Eric Henderson,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The average family of four earning $95,000 would save roughly $6,000.—
JEFF STEIN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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This can induce all sorts of changes, from the average temperature observed to the polarization of the arriving light.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The competing hypotheses, which seek to identify common traits between Little Foot and any of these species, highlight why the fossil continues to be such a rich resource of information that could contain clues to human evolution.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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But there are plenty of other entities in space, with the most common ones being galaxies, protogalaxies, dark molecular clouds of gas, and the ionized warm-hot intergalactic medium.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lawyers allege that what began as routine use of Gemini for writing and travel planning evolved into what resembled a romantic relationship with the chatbot.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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The goal is to cue children that sleep is coming with a calm bedtime routine.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-and-dried. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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