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Meanings of formulaic in English

Formulaic.

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          1
          It tends to be quite formulaic and it doesn't often surprise you.
          Wired
          2
          It sounded like a contradiction, but in fact, innovation had become formulaic.
          What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
          3
          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
          6
          Forget the hit tunes which sound like candyfloss and the formulaic videos.
          The Irish Times
          7
          From its beginning last year critics charged Glossy with being formulaic and pandering.
          Wired
          8
          Advertising literature produced by virtually any fund manager contains much that is formulaic.
          The Irish Times
          9
          There will be no formulaic compromises with the SPD, he said.
          Reuters
          10
          This was supposed to be a formulaic plot, beginning, middle, end.
          The Irish Times
          11
          It's a real head-turner, sleeker than the formulaic, boxy SUV-styled crossover these days.
          The Irish Times
          12
          Because we do tend to go on this circle kind of formulaic thing.
          Radio NZ
          13
          I still think it's too formulaic, the compiling of league tables of victimhood.
          The Guardian
          14
          Those few stories that got through were contextualized into formulaic glosses.
          Underground
          15
          They were formulaic, pedestrian and wooden and lacked even a droplet of inspiration.
          The Guardian
          16
          These games are more formulaic than a married couple's sex life.
          The Guardian
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