business as usual

idiom

—used to say that something is working or continuing in the normal or usual way

Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual.

As the election nears, both political parties continue to blame each other for all the city's problems. In other words, it's business as usual.

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Executive producer Joshua Safran admitted that Lively and Meester were business as usual on set without unnecessary pleasantries. —

Tracy Wright, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2025 The Hurricanes benefited, but the rest of the league will carry on with business as usual. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 More likely business as usual might continue, but with the spark gone, companies would experience declines in customer service, creativity, and collaboration. —

Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 And wouldn’t that be just fine with the Trojans and Bruins, neither of whom have beaten Lanning’s Ducks, who followed them into the Big Ten and proceeded to continue with business as usual. —

Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for business as usual

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