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Meanings of formulaic in English

Formulaic.

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Usage of formulaic in English
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It tends to be quite formulaic and it doesn't often surprise you.
Wired
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It sounded like a contradiction, but in fact, innovation had become formulaic.
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Rather than play in formulaic lines Southampton advance as a nimble swarm.
The Guardian
4
That is, to begin with, fairly formulaic, and everyone realizes the formula.
The new yorker
5
Not that you'd want to accuse them of being formulaic, God forbid.
Reuters
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Forget the hit tunes which sound like candyfloss and the formulaic videos.
The Irish Times
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From its beginning last year critics charged Glossy with being formulaic and pandering.
Wired
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Advertising literature produced by virtually any fund manager contains much that is formulaic.
The Irish Times
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There will be no formulaic compromises with the SPD, he said.
Reuters
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This was supposed to be a formulaic plot, beginning, middle, end.
The Irish Times
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It's a real head-turner, sleeker than the formulaic, boxy SUV-styled crossover these days.
The Irish Times
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Because we do tend to go on this circle kind of formulaic thing.
Radio NZ
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I still think it's too formulaic, the compiling of league tables of victimhood.
The Guardian
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Those few stories that got through were contextualized into formulaic glosses.
Underground
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They were formulaic, pedestrian and wooden and lacked even a droplet of inspiration.
The Guardian
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These games are more formulaic than a married couple's sex life.
The Guardian
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