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.

Examples of business as usual in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My guess is the reality is going to be somewhere between business as usual and Carney’s maximalist claims on the campaign trail. —Sean Collins, Vox, 28 Apr. 2025

All major sites outside of Vatican City will continue with business as usual, but last-minute reservations will be hard to get, and crowds will be at an all-time high. —Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025

Causes like leadership diversity, equal pay and accessibility all faced resistance before becoming business as usual. —Heather Price, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

This combination of spiraling risks and breakthrough technologies make the end of business as usual a certainty, whatever Trump says and does. —John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025