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Recent Examples of customarily
Treatment was largely ad hoc and depended to a considerable degree on individual commanders, but customarily prisoners would be exchanged or placed on parole—granted their freedom but required by oath not to return to military action.
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Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which customarily handles shootings involving officers in the Peach State, is handling the investigation, which remains ongoing.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
More such fastidiousness will be needed to arrest the domino effect of delegitimization and to renew the small guarantees of truth and dignity in public life customarily provided by legacy institutions.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This customarily needs to be done at the start of therapy and when taking on new clients.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which customarily handles shootings involving officers in the Peach State, is handling the investigation, which remains ongoing.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
More such fastidiousness will be needed to arrest the domino effect of delegitimization and to renew the small guarantees of truth and dignity in public life customarily provided by legacy institutions.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This customarily needs to be done at the start of therapy and when taking on new clients.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for customarily
Adverb
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The camera regularly pings central servers to report its location.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Dark, eerie, and paranoid (for good reason), the eight-episode season shifts back and forth from the casual grimness of an unwelcoming reality to the shocking frights of a stoner’s worst nightmare (the latter of which is shrewdly motivated by Rachel regularly smoking pot).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There are other reactions, as well, though usually not as offensive.—
Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
25 Mar. 2026
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Because in Ireland, the long way usually leads somewhere better.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But the organization is retaining its wider prohibition against receiving transfusions of others' blood -- a procedure routinely used with patients after accidents, violence or other blood loss.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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But the organization is retaining its wider prohibition against receiving transfusions of others' blood — a procedure routinely used with patients after accidents, violence or other blood loss.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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These issues are far more pronounced for young professionals who don’t have the luxury or goodwill to be habitually tardy to work.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
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These days, players almost habitually conceal their mouths when talking, whether behind their hands or by pulling up their shirts.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The route connects Montreal to New York City and is commonly used by both business and leisure travelers.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Why is that not commonly understood?—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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David’s view The voters most keen to talk with political reporters are, typically, extremely engaged in politics.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Over the past year, groups of a few hundred migrants have typically dispersed within days without traveling beyond southern Mexico.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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The closures occurred months earlier than these types of heat protection measures normally go into effect.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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The waterway is ordinarily a conduit for around a fifth of global oil and LNG supply.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Customarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customarily. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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