as a matter of course

idiom

—used to say that something will or should happen because it is natural, usual, or logical

You should take proper precautions as a matter of course.

We went out to dinner on her birthday, and as a matter of course we paid for her meal.

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In a workplace culture where deadlines are respected and met as a matter of course, there should be no need for fake urgency because the team will naturally be on track to meet its targets. —

Sally Percy, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 But its bread and butter is funding the kind of routine vaccines given to infants in rich countries as a matter of course, like the polio vaccine or the measles and rubella vaccines. —

Dylan Matthews, Vox, 6 July 2024 But certain parts of the government also resist declassification as a matter of course. —

William Burr, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2019 Government officials cull wallabies and kangaroos as a matter of course. —

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for as a matter of course

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