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Recent Examples of ordinarily The September jobs report would ordinarily help shed light on whether those trends continued into early fall. Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025 The day had started ordinarily enough. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 There’s been a bluntness all season to the Hermits’ chats that ordinarily might grate on me. Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 The nonchalant response stood in stark contrast to the panicked phone calls from neighbors who reported hearing gunshots on their ordinarily quiet street, the Internal Affairs investigative reports show. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ordinarily
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Adverb
  • These trappers are usually very passionate about controlling the animals.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This cultural diversity, coupled with the fact that the continent is generally well connected and easy to travel around, is why a European trip is usually high on most people’s bucket lists.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Congress typically approves funding for these nutrition programs through the annual appropriations process.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • How much each team earns through revenue sharing is also not typically disclosed.
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Ordinarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinarily. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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