as in routine
an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity
learned the rote for the exercise warm-up but not the reasoning behind it
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Recent Examples of rote
Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Both automations worked as intended without any major hiccups, which bodes well for freelancers who want to reduce rote tasks.
—Alison Barretta, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
But over the years, Miss Universe began to feel rote, routine, outdated, boring even.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rote
Noun
Their diplomas and GPAs speak to their talent for rote memorization, but simply regurgitating facts and figures has little to no value for employers.
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The thing that seemed so important so many years ago has now become simply a rote exercise, a thing to follow through with for the sake of following through.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for rote
Noun
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Shop the brand’s famous skin tint, plus the rest of Fanning’s red carpet makeup routine, below.—
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Babelio Mini White Noise Sound Machine After long travel days and multiple time zones, Case uses this mini sound machine as part of her wind-down routine.—
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As usual, Coon thrives in ambiguity, layering a seemingly straightforward woman with depth.—
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As a result, Musick elected to bench her usual rotation for much of the second half.—
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This model is new to Amazon this month and comes with 35 different grind settings and brewing method options for espresso, French press, and pour-overs.—
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Most people have experienced the maddening grind of trying to fix a billing mistake, appeal an insurance decision or schedule a medical appointment, only to be pulled into a maze of forms, portals and hold music.—
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The company intends to move away from the low-volume manufacturing typical of the aviation industry.—
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The project could also bypass typical rezoning requirements, allowing building to occur in agricultural and natural areas.—
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Filming the stairs and seeing the response affirmed that her experience was, in fact, out of the ordinary.—
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That means ordinary users cannot easily guess when Gen AI is reliable.—
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But the weightless and unimaginative action feels less cinematic than theme park-y, as if the powers that be at Sony had jumped several steps ahead in their efforts to grow this into a global juggernaut franchise.—
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And the Chiefs instead returned unimaginative upgrades to a tailgating experience that fans have already figured out pretty well on their own.—
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For its first link-up with Salomon, OAMC looked to the past, applying a retro hiking aesthetic to the otherwise modern build of the standard XT-Quest model.—
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The outlet noted that a few individuals studied had spent extended, yearlong stints aboard the International Space Station, while the standard duration for a mission is around six months.—
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This single fine is close to the normal total of $8 million to $10 million in all fines that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration hands out each year.—
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Trump, as is his want, is just doing the normal thing without the usual white niceties that come with imperialist machinations.—
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“Rote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rote. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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