Thesaurus results for CUSTOM(S)

customs

noun

plural of custom

as in rituals

a usual manner of behaving or doing it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast

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as in traditions

an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding

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Recent Examples of customs Getting products to other places around the world means customs, shipping and on-the-ground distribution networks. — Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Working in a creative field only strengthened Hayley’s desire to make every element of the celebration feel intentional rather than checking off a list of wedding customs. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Passengers board a ferry after customs clearance at Lianyungang International Passenger Station in Lianyungang, China, on October 21, 2024. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 FedEx is launching a new suite of digital tools designed to help businesses navigate international shipping as tariffs, customs requirements and other trade regulations make cross-border commerce increasingly complex. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 One drone set fire to a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Poland, according to Ukraine's top diplomat and a spokesperson for the local customs force. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026 After the shock of the 9/11 attacks, Washington developed an information-sharing network that crossed the foreign and domestic divide and could search customs, immigration, intelligence, and regular law enforcement records. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026 Hundreds of protesters rallied outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok, demanding that foreign visitors — especially Israelis — stop flouting Thai laws and customs as anger over tourist misconduct spills into the streets. — Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Macau, one of China’s two special administrative regions alongside Hong Kong, keeps its own currency, legal system, and customs territory. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026

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Noun

African rainmakers have long served as spiritual leaders in their communities, performing rituals to ask deities to bring rain.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
These impositions are gradual and incredibly well-meaning, although even their medicinal intentions come laced with the word of a foreign lord and savior, whose crucifixes and tales of forgiveness are at odds with the local rituals.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of rituals

Noun

The reflex to regard America’s earlier representational and nationalist traditions as something to be repudiated, rather than reconsidered, is learned — not inevitable.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
The landmark was illuminated in green, white and red to celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day and honor the country’s culture, identity and traditions.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of traditions

Noun

One example is forming behaviors that can become habits, such as blocking out time for lunch.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Elsewhere, Llínas films the modern-day streets, statues, and buildings where Borges once lived and visited, accompanied by casual pontifications on the author’s values and habits.

— Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of habits

Noun

Whatever to the silly old poem and whatever to the ceremony and all its stupid little details and whatever to all the rules for daughters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Next up, if the deal closes as expected in a couple weeks, is the plan to start finding those $6 billion in cost synergies between the companies while fulfilling the rules-of-the-road in the consent decree.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of rules

Noun

Hays said donors can vote with their feet and move to financial firms that have smoother practices.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Asked about the potential ill effects on artists’ practices of the large-scale destruction of books, weighed against the possible benefits of technological progress, Chan and Paul’ had a spirited exchange.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of practices

Noun

One of you may value freedom while the other values predictability.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
As baseball owners prepare for a lockout, in a push for the salary cap that would drive franchise values higher, insiders anticipate the MLB expansion fee could settle around or even above the $4 billion range.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026