formulaic

Example Sentences

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A song with a formulaic feel - sweet but without much substance or emotional weight - can be a sign of AI, says the musician and technology speaker, as well as vocals that feel breathless.

From BBC

For all its historic scope, the shutdown is a relatively easy story for the mainstream press to tell — familiar, formulaic and safe.

From Salon

“If disclosures begin to feel formulaic or emotionally empty, investors may disengage—not because they don’t care, but because they no longer believe management disclosures tell them anything real,” Bar-Hava said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fire-resilient buildings don’t have to be soulless, formulaic bunkers, according to the student designers of the Resilient Futures Lab, a summer studio at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College.

From Los Angeles Times

Ancient inscriptions tend to be formulaic so historians can often infer what the missing part of a sentence goes on to say.

From BBC