formulaic

Example Sentences

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“They’re often dry, formulaic and almost meaningless. It’s better if you tell your own story.”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Some of these payouts were formulaic, tied to a percentage of a company’s free cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The change “may disappoint certain investors who prefer the formulaic return framework,” wrote Siebert Williams Shank analyst Gabriele Sorbara.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“Kim’s Convenience” has an eager-to-please TV sensibility that can seem formulaic at times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Visual analysis can help us to appreciate the beauty of a masterpiece, but we must be careful not to use a formulaic approach that would trivialize it.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson