procedural

Unfortunately, the play is fundamentally modest and even intimate, essentially a courtroom procedural interspersed with flashbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

This was a Hail Mary procedural play in a Hail Mary substantive case.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

But “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” is less a procedural thriller than a wistful mood piece about the passage of time, what’s lost, what’s left behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"City will need to identify a material error of law, principle or fact, or serious procedural unfairness, which materially affected the Commission's decision," Severn said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

While he had inherited problems in 367, he was determined to purify it of difficulties, procedural or spiritual, within a short period of time.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

This template is recognizable from any number of police procedurals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

She then spent roughly a decade working off-Broadway and cycling through small roles in indie movies and TV procedurals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Between that and bloodless network procedurals, death transforms from a tragedy and a sin into a mystery or a puzzle.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024

The predictability and formulaic nature of such procedurals, the very qualities that turn off some viewers and critics, are what its fans value.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2024

The stories can be predictable, which is in itself predictable, or a little silly, not unusual among episodic procedurals, and perfectly acceptable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024