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 Andrus said candy shipments were delayed in customs while officials checked labeling and safety requirements. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 The mass wedding was a wonderful thing, but age-old customs should not be tampered with. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026 Seko warned shippers through Taiwan, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai and southwestern Japan to anticipate air cargo rollovers, berthing delays and customs and trucking backlogs early in the coming week. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 Smartly, Fischer and Wilson build out this community with its own strange customs, big and small, each executed without explanation, question or complaint. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs, not across India as a whole, Diwali encompasses different regional traditions and customs. — Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 But at sea, Spanish guarda costas (armed customs officials) pounced on British ships, allegedly searching for goods being smuggled in for sale. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026 His income will be augmented by a deal to help control Haiti’s porous border with the Dominican Republic for the next 10 years in return for 10% of any new customs revenue collected. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 But the total revenue from customs took a hit due to refunds required following the Supreme Court ruling, which sent billions of dollars back to retailers. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The teenager missed her mother’s cooking, her hugs, and their small, ordinary rituals of life together – reading, shopping, and singing.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Patel-Dunn told CNBC that 30 to 45 minutes of aerobic exercise four or five times a week can measurably improve mood, a signal of how much daily behavior shapes seasonal mental health, and how early rituals compound across the darker months.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rituals

Noun

But experts and adherents alike warn that this idea fails to reckon with how different traditions and worldviews can often contradict one another.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
And Saul says that younger heirs often want to preserve their family’s charitable traditions while giving in ways that reflect their own values.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of traditions

Noun

And also like the fat bears of Katmai, every bear here has their own habits and quirks.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
Disney+ and Netflix‘s buying habits appear to be dispelling the notion that non-English-language acquisitions aren’t on their agendas.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of habits

Noun

All three said West Point appears to be circumventing the judge's ruling by using a different justification to continue to enforce its speech rules.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
This exploits a loophole in the government's fiscal rules, as money given to these institutions does not count as extra borrowing.

— Ian King, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of rules

Noun

The news conference exchange followed the release of a 22-page congressional report detailing widespread practices across New York City prosecutors' offices.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
With a few exceptions, practices for base-camping teams weren’t open to fans, which could have altered their decision to remain in Kansas City.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of practices

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LendingTree’s model values the federal child tax credit at $2,200 per child, up from $2,000.

— Martie Bowser, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Education and giving back are important values to the family as the project represents for them a broader impact within the natural diamond industry.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026