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 When speaking with locals after a session at a monastery, he was struck by their ability to maintain internal equilibrium through ancestral customs even while their surrounding infrastructure collapsed. — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation (NRF), acknowledged the strike threat, but did not sweat over the potential work stoppage’s impact on holiday sales. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026 Interpretations, regulations, and customs vary across the Muslim world. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Nov. 2026 Petrova was detained by customs agents at Boston's Logan International Airport in February 2025 for carrying undeclared biological samples. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026 China's exports of yttrium oxide to Japan collapsed to 4,000 kilograms in September from 51,000 kilograms a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026 The painting is currently being held in customs at the French border. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Plenty of other artists have garages overflowing with customs, invite-only supercars, and other unobtainium, though, and most of those collections likely never turn a wheel, let alone do useful work. — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026 Clothing, jewelry, etiquette, and memorial objects illustrate the elaborate social customs that surrounded loss in the 19th century, offering a glimpse into a period when mourning was highly visible. — Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026

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The seeds show that cannabis played a role in the rituals surrounding the burial.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Slow beauty is the trend reshaping how younger shoppers buy skincare in 2026, swapping the 10-step routine for fewer products and more deliberate rituals.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of rituals

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This week, San Francisco City Hall hosted its inaugural Diwali celebration, with Mayor Daniel Lurie welcoming the holiday and the community's traditions into the civic space.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Whereas widowed Lord Balfour (Charles Esten) fully expects to carry his homeland’s aristocratic traditions abroad, complete with an apparent Black slave for his hoity-toity young daughter.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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Segments draw from interests, habits, and demographics and guide email, advertising, and site content.

— Felysha Walker, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
At home, her daughters influence the family's listening habits, with pop music, including Olivia Dean, frequently playing.

— Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of habits

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Beyond The Algorithm Some will argue that post-cyber is simply another label for existing cybersecurity and resilience practices.

— Peter Smulovics, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Current practices are failing, putting transit workers, riders, and people with serious mental illness themselves at risk of harm.

— John Chiarello, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of practices

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The backstory The first Mandarin Oriental hotel—then called The Mandarin—opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1963 and has remained central to the hotel group’s core values, despite global expansion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
There’s nostalgia and old world values as well as breaks from conventional and subtle sociopolitical commentary.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026