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Recent Examples of customarily
Personal remembrance becomes interwoven with political fiction, historical fact, and mythological distortion in the flood of stories that customarily follows a war.
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
As a public health care district formed in 1984 to serve inland North County and a broad swath of eastern San Diego County, Palomar, like all public agencies, customarily publishes the text of its resolutions before its meetings to allow time for public review.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Although edible, ornamental kale leaves are more bitter than the type that is customarily eaten.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
We’re not customarily taught to spot diet culture or to call it out.
—Mallary Tenore Tarpley, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
As a public health care district formed in 1984 to serve inland North County and a broad swath of eastern San Diego County, Palomar, like all public agencies, customarily publishes the text of its resolutions before its meetings to allow time for public review.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Although edible, ornamental kale leaves are more bitter than the type that is customarily eaten.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
We’re not customarily taught to spot diet culture or to call it out.
—Mallary Tenore Tarpley, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for customarily
Adverb
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The retailer regularly knocks down the prices of top luggage brands like Delsey Paris and Dkny.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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However, regularly eating prime rib and other types of red meat raises your risk of high blood pressure (hypertension).—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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Jamal Murray usually saves his best for last, but Luka Doncic and the Lakers stole the third act of the show from him this time.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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Aven targets consumers with prime and super prime FICO scores that are usually above 700.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Bukele has disregarded due process and repealed term limits in El Salvador; according to Human Rights Watch, prisoners at CECOT are routinely tortured.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Two decades of war in Afghanistan and Iraq blurred the traditional boundaries of the battlefield, routinely placing women in combat conditions even before formal restrictions were lifted.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Cowards habitually flee what is painful, while someone who acts bravely because of excessive confidence is simply reckless.—
Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Funnell suggests starting with a cross-sectional study comparing athletes who habitually drink during training to those who don’t, to see if the former group is less affected by dehydration.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
8 Jan. 2026
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These bacteria, which commonly live in the back of the throat, can spread from person to person through close contact.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
11 Jan. 2026
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Such swarms are commonly associated with volcanic activity but can occur elsewhere.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Attorneys also argued in that litigation about whether anyone but the immigrants themselves had legal standing to file lawsuits, an argument complicated by the fact that immigrants are typically unaware that their data may be turned over at all.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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SpaceX's recovery crews typically aims to collect the Dragon capsule and extract its crew within an hour or so of splashdown.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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That design allows the attack to slip through protections that would normally stop malware in its tracks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Watson, who ordinarily comes off the bench for Denver, was named Western Conference Player of the Week by the NBA on Monday.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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When he was finally called to the microphone, Rubio began what has become a familiar routine, offering Trump the kind of adulation that is ordinarily reserved for heroes.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Customarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customarily. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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