as always

idiom

—used to say that something was expected because it always happens

As always, dinner was delicious.

Your children, as always, were very well-behaved.

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The biggest battleground, Pennsylvania, as always, as close to a must win as exists for the campaigns. —

ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024 But as always, supervillains arrive to upend that happiness. —

Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024 Indeed, after the festivities wrapped last night, there was some hopeful chatter about additional Plan shows at some point, although as always, the trick is finding time in the schedule of Easley, who works as a satellite engineer for NASA. —

Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2024 And, as always, smiles lit up the room when some 150 young protégés in the making from ABT’s training programs had their moment in the spotlight. —

Freya Drohan, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for as always