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Adjective
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That ritual reboots confidence, refines your messaging flow and restores energy to pitch with clarity and conviction.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
This is how your kid’s bedtime ritual ends.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But he will still be greeted with all the ritualistic hoopla Britain can muster for a presidential charm offensive.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the past, Kaepernick’s protest and countless other incidents have prompted reactionary vows to boycott the league, along with the ritualistic burning of team jerseys and other merchandise.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two separate systematic reviews and meta-analyses highlight these benefits.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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This systematic approach helped Singapore rank second in the 2025 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking and fourth in the 2024 WIPO Global Innovation Index, proving that infrastructure investment trumps incentive programs.—
Kevin Cushnie,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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On the other end, however, these methodical signs can slip quite easily into perfectionism, which can stifle the fun that beauty is meant to be.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Sep. 2025
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He is known for being temperamentally methodical, for his professionalism and for his grasp of policy detail.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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