business as usual
idiom
—used to say that something is working or continuing in the normal or usual way
Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual.
As the election nears, both political parties continue to blame each other for all the city's problems. In other words, it's business as usual.
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Billie Jean King, at this year’s U.S. Open, the attitude is this is all business as usual – just bigger.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Stores will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
—Sarah Lemire, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2025
Rewiring, as Sweet describes it, means abandoning the mindset of business as usual.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
The latency is business as usual.
—Manish Gupta, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Stores will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
—Sarah Lemire, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2025
Rewiring, as Sweet describes it, means abandoning the mindset of business as usual.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
The latency is business as usual.
—Manish Gupta, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Business as usual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20as%20usual. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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