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Adjective
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The festival, which spans a couple of days, is marked by prayer, the ritual sacrifice of animals and feasts.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
7 June 2025 -
As spaces for imperial leisure, ritual, and celebration, the gardens and pavilions within them were filled with ceramics, textiles, furniture, and fashion—produced by highly-skilled artists and artisans from across the empire.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Examining the real reasons for this is less fun—and, for many, less profitable—than imagining that Hollywood is a front for ritualistic sadism.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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As Zephyr plots her escape before becoming part of Tucker’s ritualistic shark feeding, her love interest Moses (Josh Heuston) is drawn into the chaos.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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In May 2025, Global Rights Compliance and The Reckoning Project, both non-governmental organizations, published a new report revealing unprecedented evidence exposing Russia’s systematic weaponization of information during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Exercising enhances sleep for a variety of reasons, according to a 2023 systematic review published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Since then, Snell has been on a more methodical throwing plan.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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This shift favors methodical action, not impulsive chaos.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 May 2025
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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