How to Use as a matter of course in a Sentence
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Adeyemi wants society to strive not for diversity or inclusion, but for books, movies and art to look like the array of humanity around them as a matter of course.
— Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024 -
Some of them live harmlessly, as a matter of course, on our skin.
— Mark Caldwell, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 -
To the extent these baseless claims come in the form of outbursts, they are stricken from the record as a matter of course.
— Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024 -
Groff, a Christian, wanted a concession that mail carriers used to receive as a matter of course: Sundays off.
— Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024 -
The people who once subscribed to cable as a matter of course are instead moving toward streaming video and social media.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023 -
Plenty of businesses destroy documents as a matter of course, for a wide variety of reasons, many of them harmless.
— Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023 -
One difference, Bhasin said, was that although that study tracked cardiovascular events as a matter of course, they were not monitored carefully.
— Matthew Herper Reprints, STAT, 16 June 2023 -
Beijing controls and shapes information as a matter of course, particularly in moments of crisis.
— Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023 -
At the same time, the restless multi-hyphenate—versatile as a matter of course, perhaps because of his early academic training in musical theatre—gained even greater renown as a theatre director.
— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023 -
With the spread of genetic sequencing for recreational and health reasons arguments by some groups for mandatory paternity testing will seem quaint as the information will be available as a matter of course.
— Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2010 -
But that protection relies on platforms being willing to defend emulator distribution as a matter of course.
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023
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