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formulaic

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Although this formulaic approach is no surprise, I’d hoped for something less calculated.

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You’d think it couldn’t possibly keep going, but it did, and then still kept going, day after formulaic day, always on, like a “Law & Order” marathon.

There are all of these structural expectations we have from watching movies in a genre that are so formulaic.

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It’s the danger in thinking that Featured Snippet optimization is stoically formulaic and that one formula applies to all Featured Snippets.

“Three Hours in Paris” “Three Hours in Paris” isn’t just any old formulaic “Get out!”

After decades of too-cute, formulaic romantic comedy pairings in movies and TV, their behavior seems downright revolutionary.

I certainly had no interest in the formulaic, brain-dead content on most TV dramas and sitcoms.

However, the Hollywood romance film is, more often than not, highly formulaic.

But when whole careers are now staked on micro-sized melodies and formulaic rhythms, the lawsuits are bound to proliferate.

The official language deployed in natural and manmade disasters can often be formulaic and confusing.

How about the consideration that Captain Snodgrass received from me in return for the formulaic letter?

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to formulaic, such as: conventional, average, common, commonplace, customary, and cut-and-dried.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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