variants also cut-and-dry

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Recent Examples of cut-and-dried That’s the perfect setup for a cut-and-dried, eat-the-rich story in which every non-wealthy person agrees with Marshall, protects him, and gratefully accepts the mushrooms. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025 Clearly, there’s more to this story than a cut-and-dry acquisition. Allure Editors, Allure, 14 Mar. 2025 There isn’t really a cut-and-dried answer, but a good starting point is identifying the key stakeholders where AI is likely to be deployed. Matt Kunkel, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions. Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut-and-dried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-and-dried
Adjective
  • Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Of all Recall’s risks, the capture of secure comms and documents outside of their usual enclave is top of the list.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • No doubt this has had an impact on his play in the second major of the season, where his driving has been far from his usual quality.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • To her credit, Sepideh is aware enough to own the surreal gulf between what to her is a normal life and what has become Fatma’s normal life.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
  • Republished on May 17 with additional advice and resources on defending against these dangerous messages, where normal detection is impossible.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Social Security payments are set to go out May 14 – a few days later than is typical.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Dawson's Creek was also known for covering heavy issues like mental health, death and homophobia among typical teenage fare like prom dates, new friends and first love.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • If fat reduction is your goal, maintain a healthy diet and introduce a variety of other exercises to your routine, such as crunches, plank pose and situps.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • The escape wasn’t discovered until a routine head count at 8:30 a.m., Hutson said Friday.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 20 May 2025

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“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-and-dried. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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