as always

phrase

used to say that something was expected because it always happens
As always, dinner was delicious.
Your children, as always, were very well-behaved.

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The Premier League, as always, promises to look a little different this season. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 The team’s resident Chicagoan, Zach, will go all-out, as always. Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 Many practices will absorb this new Bridge workload, driven, as always, by a commitment to their patients. Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026 And as always, Reacher’s bone-dry and hyper-literal wit continues to charm in this new adventure from showrunner Nick Santora (this time adapting author Lee Child’s Gone Tomorrow). James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as always

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“As always.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20always. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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