cut-and-dried

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But as Justice Sonia Sotomayor explains, the case is also fairly cut-and-dried based on a Supreme Court interpretation of the statute dating back to 1950.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

“It isn’t going to be a cut-and-dried outcome.”

From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025

When Likely caught the ball and took a couple of steps afterward, it looked like a cut-and-dried catch to anyone watching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The latter is a novel that should have been marketed as a cut-and-dried narco thriller but was instead positioned as an overdue humanization of the undocumented experience at the Mexican border.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

“It’s not that cut-and-dried for me right now,” I say.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone