routinely
adverb
rou·tine·ly
rü-ˈtēn-lē 
ˈrü-ˌtēn-
: as a matter of regular occurrence
Airlines routinely sell tickets to more people than the plane can seat, counting on several people not to arrive.—
Andrew Victor
Andrew Victor… he routinely slept with one arm dangling off the side of his bed and his feet kicked free of the sheets.—Holly Black
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Over those final two quarters, the defense routinely slammed the door on the Texans, allowing only 35 net yards over the game’s final 30 minutes.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
Large farming operations routinely generate biogas in massive volumes at costs far below those of conventional grid energy or fossil fuels.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2025
Roblox, one of the gaming sites routinely accused of failing to do enough to protect children from online predators, announced in late November plans to require age verification for chats.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The current situation is a year-old ceasefire with Israel, routinely broken by the Israeli military, including a drone strike in Beirut last week that killed the militant group Hezbollah's second-in-command.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 29 Nov. 2025
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
Large farming operations routinely generate biogas in massive volumes at costs far below those of conventional grid energy or fossil fuels.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2025
Roblox, one of the gaming sites routinely accused of failing to do enough to protect children from online predators, announced in late November plans to require age verification for chats.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The current situation is a year-old ceasefire with Israel, routinely broken by the Israeli military, including a drone strike in Beirut last week that killed the militant group Hezbollah's second-in-command.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Routinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/routinely. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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