as in ritual
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Paintings, sculptures and ritual artifacts have been culled from the museum’s permanent collection or borrowed from private owners.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025 -
In 2022, archaeologists rediscovered a narrow duct leading to a small ritual chamber 8 meters deep beneath one of the site’s temple buildings.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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Phillip described freak-offs as highly ritualistic.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2025
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The young man was decapitated after death for unknown reasons, although this was a ritualistic practice for some people during the Roman period.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This multifaceted nature demands systematic and rigorous problem-solving approaches, going beyond immediate symptoms or superficial quick fixes.—
Mohammad Adnan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Alawites are subjected to systematic persecution by the new Syrian authorities, whose roots lie in the violent jihadist movement.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Stubbornness is your weakness AND your strength as the sun enters methodical Taurus!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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That would be in stark contrast to MSR’s more methodical approach, which is designed to deliver many samples sourced from a wide range of terrain and carefully curated to be of maximal scientific value—that is, material thought most likely to harbor evidence of past or even present Mars life.—
Leonard David,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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