Thesaurus results for CUSTOMS

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

Yet entrenched misogyny and debates over gender equality within the religion have persisted, particularly over women’s access to temples andcertain rituals.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
College football Saturdays run on repetition, with the same soundtrack, symbols and rituals repeated so faithfully that generations of fans know the cues.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of rituals

Noun

This is his full-time home now, after years of living in Brooklyn and almost two decades and seven albums of chasing American sonic traditions.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026
The menu’s through line is the way Bonner filters a whole world of Afro-Caribbean traditions through his perspective as a journeyman chef.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 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

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

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The company’s twin values of work and quirk can sit uneasily in the distractible, self-serious fashion world, to the point that fashion at Hermès has historically been regarded as something of an oxymoron.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Throughout it all, Taylor has remained the same person, with the same values.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026