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Recent Examples of customarily
Cities in decent financial health customarily don’t float bonds to cover operational expenses such as legal settlements and compensation for workers.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Trustees Emerson and Dan Courtney voted no, and Chairman Andy Fotsch customarily abstained.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Treatment was largely ad hoc and depended to a considerable degree on individual commanders, but customarily prisoners would be exchanged or placed on parole—granted their freedom but required by oath not to return to military action.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which customarily handles shootings involving officers in the Peach State, is handling the investigation, which remains ongoing.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Trustees Emerson and Dan Courtney voted no, and Chairman Andy Fotsch customarily abstained.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Treatment was largely ad hoc and depended to a considerable degree on individual commanders, but customarily prisoners would be exchanged or placed on parole—granted their freedom but required by oath not to return to military action.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which customarily handles shootings involving officers in the Peach State, is handling the investigation, which remains ongoing.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for customarily
Adverb
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Concerts are regularly held in the space, taking advantage of its powerful prehistoric acoustics; find a list of upcoming shows on its website.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Clean your showerhead regularly to remove mineral buildup, bacteria, and mold.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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General obligation bonds, or GO bonds, are usually used to fund public projects that won’t generate any profit, such as parks maintenance, road upgrades or, in this case, to pay down the district’s debt.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Modern soil usually doesn’t support his kind.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But these challenges are not unusual — and in many cases, they are routinely addressed through design, mitigation or negotiation.—
Charles Rilli,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Luxury yachters, kayakers, and recreational fishermen routinely navigate these waterways without knowing their connection to enslavement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Compared with the hair-raising language Trump has habitually used about immigrants in the US, his evocation of the Iranian menace was notably underpowered.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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The country has habitually funded and supplied weapons to various proxy militias across the Middle East, such as the Houthis in Yemen, who in recent years have regularly disrupted trade and shipping in the Red Sea and around the Horn of Africa.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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As the market of products commonly available at gas stations and smoke shops keeps changing rapidly, and state lawmakers have struggled to pass regulations in recent years, individual cities have been stepping in.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Early Christian baptisms more commonly involved two anointings before and after the rite — which makes the three-part design particularly unusual.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Food that’s yellow is typically made with turmeric and much more mild.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Creditors can and typically do try again, and the underlying judgment continues to accrue interest and fees in the meantime.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 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.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Stockbrokers normally aren’t fiduciaries, meaning they’re not required to put their clients’ best interests first.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Weeks on, the US president is delivering a similar message to Europe, which is battling a fresh energy shock after Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil ordinarily flows.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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Great effort has been made to transform what is ordinarily a plain, beige room into a festive space.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Customarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customarily. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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