customarily

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Recent Examples of customarily Even with conditions less than ideal, celebrities customarily arrive by car and the red carpet — which is actually blue this year — will be covered, probably keeping the parade of fashion icons dry. Angela Yang, NBC news, 6 May 2025 Therapists are not customarily docile in that same way. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Tea and chocolate are customarily served at the end of a meal with dessert, especially on special occasions. Eve Glover, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025 State humanities councils customarily regrant NEH money to local organizations including libraries, museums, historical societies, documentary filmmakers and others. Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for customarily
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Adverb
  • Inspect your cookware regularly for chips, burrs, warping, or rough bottoms, as these can cause surface scratches.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2025
  • Holcombe recommends regularly wearing compression socks on long-hauls.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
Adverb
  • But others, usually in more politically sensitive fields, flagged employee welfare concerns.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 June 2025
  • In comparison, an NHL combine performance does not usually influence when a player is selected.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Adverb
  • While console makers routinely ban players and consoles from online play and services, remotely bricking a game console's offline capabilities for EULA violations seems exceedingly rare in practice.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
  • Hawkins routinely took four classes per semester, once peaking at five.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Adverb
  • Erling Haaland has been typically effective and Omar Marmoush a breath of fresh air.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Unlike the messages users see from the chatbot, system prompts typically remain hidden from the user and tell the model its identity, behavioral guidelines, and specific rules to follow.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
Adverb
  • In Britain, there is a strict tradition of informed medical consent where a patient can refuse medical treatment, and a doctor can’t ordinarily be forced to carry it out.
    David Mac Dougall, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
  • While having so many productions featuring drag would not ordinarily raise an eyebrow, this roster of shows comes after President Trump instituted a series of firings at the Kennedy Center and vowed to remake the venue's programming in his MAGA image.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 20 May 2025
Adverb
  • There is only one generation, and feeding is generally finished by late June.
    Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
  • But adult-only events generally require some advance planning so the parents can coordinate child care.
    Emily Siner, NPR, 10 May 2025

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