prescriptive

Example Sentences

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Coming from another breed of mom, this would be a prelude to prescriptive punishment.

From Salon

The other factor—the prescriptive part—was the large number of skilled artisans and engineers in Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new generation of so-called “agentic AI” would be more prescriptive and could automatically turn those insights into actions such as adjusting prices, reordering products, or tailoring marketing messages, said Chen.

From Barron's

Players are encouraged to take responsibility rather than adhere to the prescriptive discipline of Erik ten Hag's time.

From BBC

This is a contrast to the prescriptive approach of Erik ten Hag, who punished players if they were late for meetings.

From BBC