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Recent Examples of prescriptive Between the lines: The SEC hasn't shared a lot of prescriptive guidance on what cyber incident disclosures should look like — leaving room for interpretation. Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024 The time is right for PBM reform, but the American people might be better served if Congress goes back to the drawing board and takes a different approach, one that is less bureaucratically prescriptive but enables change. Rita Numerof, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025 The book is by no means meant to be prescriptive, but rather serves as a guide for those looking for a starting point. Rosana Lai, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025 Without being prescriptive or adding layers of judgment—both are contrary to the holistic process—the overarching concept for more advanced adopters’ veers toward women-owned, BIPOC, and regenerative brands. Esther Adams Achara, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for prescriptive 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescriptive
Adjective
  • His rise exemplifies how the new generation of artists are rewriting the rules of success—leveraging social media to cultivate a following before stepping into the traditional industry spotlight.
    Hala Mustafa, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to Irish clothing, food and jewelry, the store sells traditional Irish dance shoes and has fitted them for local students for decades.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Past rumbles have seen winners with more customary offerings awarded the coveted Broth Belt, but Red Panda’s body-laden spicy chicken katsu ramen seduced guests with its silkiness, including new fans who had never even heard of them before showing up at the competition.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The customary basics of a wedding — the ceremony, a cake and something with which to toast the couple — are not expensive.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Those guidelines include providing alt text on images so that people with visual impairments who use automatic readers can understand images, offering audio descriptions for people with hearing disabilities, and making all websites operable by keyboard for users who can’t use a conventional mouse.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • His humorous, bone-dry documentary gets at more than most, first by being a meta-confessional about how his own efforts to make a conventional movie failed.
    Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Prescriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescriptive. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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