as in often
in a frequent or repeated manner
She is often late leaving for work and routinely skips breakfast. An annual concert that routinely draws 20,000 attendees.
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Recent Examples of routinely
But the aesthetic alone isn’t why the Grey, the restaurant housed there, routinely ranks on lists of the city’s best places to dine.
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Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
The View declined to comment; however, a network source pointed out that the talk show, which premiered in 1997, routinely hosts political leaders and candidates from across the political spectrum to discuss current events, including politics, and their differing viewpoints.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Attackers routinely test breached passwords across email, shopping and banking sites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Google Earth images also showed the van routinely on this street.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
The View declined to comment; however, a network source pointed out that the talk show, which premiered in 1997, routinely hosts political leaders and candidates from across the political spectrum to discuss current events, including politics, and their differing viewpoints.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Attackers routinely test breached passwords across email, shopping and banking sites.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Google Earth images also showed the van routinely on this street.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for routinely
Adverb
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Angst over the city’s changing demographics has often erupted in Springfield’s city commission meetings, where citizens can speak their mind at an open podium.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The team also addressed a major disadvantage that HV devices often face with saltwater.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Staying in one of Asia's most iconic buildings is a pretty memorable experience—it is frequently featured in the media.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Though leadership frequently reverts to spreadsheets and manual processes during critical situations, this ultimately reveals the lack of true operational visibility.—
William Jones,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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After rotating regularly between four bigs for much of the year, Gottlieb entrusted redshirt freshman Laura Williams with the lion’s share of opportunities at the five Thursday.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Yet videos reviewed by CNN showed officers regularly detaining or threatening to arrest people who never appeared to cross that line.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Manchester United world always has something happening, just not as much this season as usual.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Because moving fast isn’t always a sign of progress.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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It is made available to other agencies as needed about 200 days out of the year, usually for a fee to cover the cost of operations.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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LeetCode is a training platform for the kind of algorithmic riddles that usually crop up in interviews for big tech companies.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Viewers voted to create teams for every major round of the competition, which meant the trainees were constantly reassembled into new lineups, with low-ranking contestants eliminated.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Education officials constantly press for more state spending, which is governed by complicated formulas in a 1988 ballot measure, Proposition 98.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Residents and local officials reported burning vehicles and blocked roads in several cities, a tactic commonly used by criminal groups to disrupt security forces and restrict movement.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Feb. 2026
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Such tactics are commonly used by the cartels to block military operations.—
Fabiola Sánchez,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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That’s because more of these people are often snowshoe hikers who normally avoid steep terrain.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Those are the players in recent memory who’ve commanded the kind of draft capital that reshapes franchises — the sort of seismic move that mortgages a future and, in return, attaches expectations normally reserved for franchise-carrying superstars.—
Kristian Winfield,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Routinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routinely. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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