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Recent Examples of predictable
The car has been stable, predictable, and consistent.
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
The international athletic surge in Mission Valley was predictable once the Chargers moved to Greater Los Angeles.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Gone are the days when Black families were boxed into predictable plotlines.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Mar. 2025
The employment department’s failures were predictable but, unfortunately, unaddressed by Sacramento’s one-party leadership.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictable
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And then, aren’t cats emblematic of whatever is familiar but ultimately unknowable?—
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Customers at Clark’s can expect a menu that looks familiar to those who enjoyed The Good Wurst.—
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Each establishment receives between one and four routine inspections per year.—
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The office has been planning for cuts to routine inspections of drugmakers and food producers because of the layoffs.—
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In exchange, prosecutors agreed not to file a habitual offender enhancement, which would have added 5-20 years.—
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New flexible behaviors must become habitual for leaders.—
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The message itself was unremarkable – just another tech announcement on X – but its implications were anything but ordinary.—
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The robot itself appears pretty unremarkable, just a pair of mechanical arms with pincers.—
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The Zapad exercises were unexceptional in and of themselves.—
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The movie offers phantasmagorical twists on unexceptional banalities.—
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When the restaurant originally opened, the menu was largely classic Bordeaux-style food.—
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Ten looks from her archives will close out the show with a focus on classic glamour.—
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“Predictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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