usually
adverb
usu·al·ly
ˈyü-zhə-wə-lē 
-zhə-lē;
ˈyüzh-wə-lē,
ˈyüzh-lē
: according to the usual or ordinary course of things : most often : as a rule : customarily, ordinarily
a trip that usually takes an hour
a time of year when the weather is usually hot
On weekdays, I usually biked alone around San Francisco.—
Oliver Sacks
Oliver SacksTo establish a new epoch, geologists usually have to find clear evidence in the rock record of a massive, planet-altering shift.—Gayathri Vaidyanathan
Gayathri VaidyanathanCelebrity outbursts are usually so outrageous that the average person can't really relate to them.—Kyra Kyles
Kyra KylesThese chemicals usually do not kill the insects: a plant does not care whether predators die; it just wants them to go away and not come back.—Mark P. Mattson
Mark P. MattsonExamples of usually in a Sentence
we usually go out to eat on Fridays
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Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
Its most passionate and informed teachers, current and former players say, usually aren’t assistant coaches in an NFL building but players.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
This cultural diversity, coupled with the fact that the continent is generally well connected and easy to travel around, is why a European trip is usually high on most people’s bucket lists.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
The entry-level tech job crisis and the Fed AI is beginning to automate some tasks usually done by an entry-level technology worker, possibly resulting in a structural shift in the technology industry’s labor market.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Usually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usually. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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