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Recent Examples of cut-and-dried And matters of faith, of course, are never quite so cut-and-dried. Terry Nguyen july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025 Now that Combs has been acquitted of all but the most cut-and-dry charges—transporting people across state lines for the purposes of prostitution—the obvious question to ask is whether prosecutors overreached. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025 People's mental health journeys, too, aren't so linear, cut-and-dry. 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 See All Example Sentences for cut-and-dried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-and-dried
Adjective
  • The team's usual coach, JP MacCallum, took time off after his 10-year-old daughter, Selah, died of cancer, per Marchand's Instagram post.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Blank sailings have only gotten more prevalent as ocean carriers aimed to stop months of declines in freight rates after a softer-than-usual peak shipping season.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One commenter shared with OP that this behavior is normal and that kids can often switch their preference between parents.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Having never worked at a place that wasn’t a scam center, the more experienced among them came to see their jobs as normal.
    Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • All are dressed in period garb — Clarkson in a gorgeous gown and her band, My Band Y’all, led by musical director and keyboardist Jason Halbert, in formal white dinner jackets typical of musical acts at the time.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Alternatives to typical iron supplements to consider include intravenous (IV) iron, slow-release oral iron tablets, and dietary iron.
    Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Levi also shared his simple skincare routine — and how the women in his household have a hand in it.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Once impressive shows — such as an afternoon set at the 2024 Jackalope Jamboree in Pendleton, Oregon, to an overflow crowd — became routine.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-and-dried. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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