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Recent Examples of predictable
Obtuse comments aside, the painfully predictable Owen-finds-another-woman side plot is bound to hurt Teddy sooner or later.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Season 1 had plenty of satisfying, if predictable turns: the people living in a bubble, the double agent, the rebellion of Episodes 6 and 7, and the sinister nature of Sinatra/Samantha (Julianne Nicholson).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Disappointingly, while the House Republicans wage their predictable war on immigrant communities, Mayor Adams is failing the very people he was elected to represent.
—Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Buffett isn’t here to make a killing, but to recreate in the aggregate a reasonably-lucrative version of Berkshire Hathaway in predictable, low-risk Japan.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Season 1 had plenty of satisfying, if predictable turns: the people living in a bubble, the double agent, the rebellion of Episodes 6 and 7, and the sinister nature of Sinatra/Samantha (Julianne Nicholson).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Disappointingly, while the House Republicans wage their predictable war on immigrant communities, Mayor Adams is failing the very people he was elected to represent.
—Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Buffett isn’t here to make a killing, but to recreate in the aggregate a reasonably-lucrative version of Berkshire Hathaway in predictable, low-risk Japan.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictable
Adjective
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The idea is both familiar and transformative: public fridges, placed in neighborhoods, stocked by the people, for the people—no questions asked.—
The Glamour editors,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2025
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Whatever the club’s reasoning, there was something familiar and troubling about this disappointing deadline paralysis.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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The policy changes were part of the March 5 consent calendar, a set of routine items that the council approves in one motion.—
Isha Trivedi,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The routine business of the Senate often involves technically skipping procedural steps.—
Ben Adler,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This exercise pushes leaders out of their habitual thinking patterns and encourages fresh perspectives.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Huttle was found to be a habitual traffic violator, which is a felony, Vawter said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Some of today's most popular smartphones have almost reached the point of anti-design—flat, unremarkable bodies that are intended to be covered up with a case.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb. 2025
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These sentences would be unremarkable in the abstract—say, in a constitutional-law lesson.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The movie offers phantasmagorical twists on unexceptional banalities.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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Or an unexceptional finance guy who is nevertheless built like a famous Hemsworth brother.—
Amanda Hess,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Recipes for this collaboration will change weekly and come in various formats to suit all food enthusiasts — including the classic Meal Kit, Express Plus, and Culinary Collection.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
4 Mar. 2025
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast offered a novel take on the classic talk show format with its mix of live-action and animation.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Predictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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