as in traditional
based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation
even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note
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Recent Examples of prescriptive
In a clinical setting, bibliotherapy can be reactive or prescriptive.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
To some extent, the powers of the new oversight bodies are limited by prescriptive language in the measures themselves.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Today’s tools also enable prescriptive analytics that recommend what actions to take when the very events that are predicted to occur are detected.
—Josh Dunham, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Breed clubs created prescriptive standards that specified exactly how the perfect pointer (or bulldog or foxhound) should look.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
To some extent, the powers of the new oversight bodies are limited by prescriptive language in the measures themselves.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Today’s tools also enable prescriptive analytics that recommend what actions to take when the very events that are predicted to occur are detected.
—Josh Dunham, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Breed clubs created prescriptive standards that specified exactly how the perfect pointer (or bulldog or foxhound) should look.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prescriptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescriptive
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Related Articles The report’s authors found that shoppers see luxury handbags as a good investment when purchasing (39 percent), while 29 percent of consumers see handbags as a great investment opportunity compared to traditional investments.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
12 June 2025
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In the country category, there will be a new award for best traditional country album, and the current best country album category will be renamed to best contemporary country album.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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Perez would take his customary spot batting cleanup behind whoever was in front of him.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2025
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The unintentionally comical effect of that interview created an impression of a young player whose head was tethered to his shoulders with less than customary tightness.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The image - more grainy than conventional high-resolution photographs and in black and white - appears to show the debris of several aircraft located along the runway of the Belaya military air base or parked in protective revetments nearby.—
Tom Balmforth,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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For more details on the nature of conventional AI versus AGI and ASI, see my analysis at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Prescriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescriptive. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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