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Recent Examples of traditional Wells Fargo said buy Visa and Mastercard on their recent weakness tied to concerns that stablecoins could threaten the traditional payments ecosystem. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 June 2025 AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines explained that the AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature factors in more variables than the traditional heat index, which considers only air temperature and relative humidity. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 The traditional approach of training a robot on action with reinforcement was very slow, but generative AI allows for much greater generalization. ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025 The annual price of a single-family home in the U.S. luxury marketplace grew by 7.6 percent between 2023 and 2024, twice the rate of the traditional market at 3 percent, according to the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury program's 2025 Trend Report. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for traditional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traditional
Adjective
  • Shohei Ohtani took his customary spot atop the Dodgers’ batting order for their game against the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
  • What began as a joke soon became customary for the crew to blurt out on set when something went wrong, which happened frequently.
    Logan Holland, People.com, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Florida is a state of paradoxes, from its history of colonization and relationship to enslavement, to its immigrant communities and conservative politics, to its gorgeous waters and swampy inlands.
    Leila Mottley June 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
  • Trump and Bondi, though, praised the court's conservative majority for limiting a federal judge's power to block a president's policy nationwide.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • And then there were the potential ills of a conventional approach, like fumes spewed by laminate flooring.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Intended to provide France and Europe with full sovereign access to space, VORTEX is designed to lift off atop a rocket without a fairing, have full orbital and atmospheric maneuverability, and land on a conventional runway.
    David Szondy June 27, New Atlas, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The reward was the most successful period in their history and an example that, in time, might embolden other clubs to challenge the orthodox thinking.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Martinez is 29 years old, stands at 5-foot-11 with a 72-inch reach, and fights in an orthodox right-handed stance.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Most of the lithium in our solar system and the wider Milky Way galaxy comes from classical nova explosions like V572 Velorum and V462 Lupi, according to a paper published in 2020.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The 32-year-old conductor is also injecting some fun into the seriousness of classical music.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Both are now visible to the naked eye to observers in the Southern Hemisphere and are currently shining millions of times brighter than usual.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • House Republicans were hit After the most contentious legislative session in DeSantis’ history, state lawmakers were bracing for the governor to use more ink than usual with the veto pen.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Northern New York also tied historical records, with Plattsburgh hitting 101 degrees Fahrenheit the day prior.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • Williams said that even though the Holocaust has been the subject of intense historical interest over the years, many parts of that history, particularly in Eastern Europe, remain unexplored or unknown.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 30 June 2025

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“Traditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traditional. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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