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Adjective
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Those remains bore the marks of a skilled woodsman and ritual sadist.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026 -
With almost tai chi–like precision, Roth embraced softness, ritual, and fluidity as forms of power, evoking a lineage of feminine influence rooted not in force but in elegance, psychological command, and presence.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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Thematically, the Biennale will explore how ritualistic forms of artistic practice can facilitate change.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 June 2026
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Her swan song was communal, ritualistic, and grounded in lived experience.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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What is remarkable is the scale—and the single-minded, systematic efficiency.—
Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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That is at odds with a much larger systematic review published in The BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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Police emphasized that the search was not a recovery effort but a methodical attempt to eliminate one possible location where Moore could be.—
Stephen Sorace , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The 10-month timeline follows the methodical technical work that went into the process.—
Matthew Jacobs,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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