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prescriptive

adjective as in authoritarian

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Coming from another breed of mom, this would be a prelude to prescriptive punishment.

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The other factor—the prescriptive part—was the large number of skilled artisans and engineers in Britain.

The new generation of so-called “agentic AI” would be more prescriptive and could automatically turn those insights into actions such as adjusting prices, reordering products, or tailoring marketing messages, said Chen.

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Players are encouraged to take responsibility rather than adhere to the prescriptive discipline of Erik ten Hag's time.

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This is a contrast to the prescriptive approach of Erik ten Hag, who punished players if they were late for meetings.

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