as in normally
according to the usual course of things
we usually go out to eat on Fridays
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Average, medium-sized sweet potatoes usually cook in about 40 minutes.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2025
Filled with white wine — usually pinot grigio, Ramos says — the servers lift the pitcher high and aim for the mouth.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Deadline cited that the cycling portion of the Olympic Games could be stationed at the beach where the Spirit Awards are usually held.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2025
Filled with white wine — usually pinot grigio, Ramos says — the servers lift the pitcher high and aim for the mouth.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Deadline cited that the cycling portion of the Olympic Games could be stationed at the beach where the Spirit Awards are usually held.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Usually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usually. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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