prescriptive
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That’s a lot more prescriptive than just asking a question.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Another was more prescriptive: “Take pictures of your food. Spend a little time and effort to make your own flyer.”
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The book begins with a set of perhaps overly prescriptive ground rules: Stick with one pursuit a year, with each culminating in the achievement of a concrete, ambitious goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"So, you can't have a law that is overly prescriptive because you are dealing with individual people who have individual needs."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
As we shall see, many prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons, impede clear and graceful prose, and have been flouted by the best writers for centuries.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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