as in usually
according to the usual course of things
prairie dogs typically live in open spaces
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Recent Examples of typically
GoldenSky has typically taken place the week after Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.
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Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Doolan also received several emails calling her a vulgar word that typically refers to women.
—Maven Navarro
june 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Vote-by-mail and early voting ballots are typically counted first, and semi-official results posted Tuesday tonight will include those plus some polling place ballots.
—Ruyuan Li, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
These plans typically are the culmination of months of work.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
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Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Doolan also received several emails calling her a vulgar word that typically refers to women.
—Maven Navarro
june 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Vote-by-mail and early voting ballots are typically counted first, and semi-official results posted Tuesday tonight will include those plus some polling place ballots.
—Ruyuan Li, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
These plans typically are the culmination of months of work.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for typically
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Of the two major gay neighborhoods in Seoul, tourists usually went to flashy, clubby Itaewon.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2026
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And normally, the next step would fall to the CDC’s expert vaccine advisory panel, known as ACIP, which guides the agency’s recommendations for which Americans should take those shots.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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“Typically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typically. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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