cut-and-dried
adjective
variants
or less commonly cut-and-dry
: being or done according to a plan, set procedure, or formula : routine
a cut-and-dried presentation
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Examples of cut-and-dried in a Sentence
a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way
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The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.
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Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
The problem, however, is that relative to the amount of airtime this arc is taking up, the answers seem to be very cut-and-dry.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
The dome atop Ford Field removes weather as a variable and makes this pick more cut-and-dried than the other three this weekend.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Lawyer says reasons for action against judge ‘kept and keep shifting’
Dolin said the reason for Newman's suspension isn’t so cut-and-dry.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
The problem, however, is that relative to the amount of airtime this arc is taking up, the answers seem to be very cut-and-dry.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
The dome atop Ford Field removes weather as a variable and makes this pick more cut-and-dried than the other three this weekend.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Lawyer says reasons for action against judge ‘kept and keep shifting’
Dolin said the reason for Newman's suspension isn’t so cut-and-dry.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut-and-dried. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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