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as in chronic
being such by habit and not likely to change
she admits she's a habitual procrastinator, but she still manages to meet all her deadlines
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as in frequent
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time
her supervisor warned her that she could be fired for habitual tardiness
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Recent Examples of habitual
Criminal defendants can be tagged as habitual offenders after a fourth felony charge, according to Louisiana law, and could face longer prison sentences.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
In court filings, defense lawyer Andrew Hemmer wrote in November 2023 that Matthew Huttle was a journeyman carpenter, whose 20-year struggle with alcoholism fueled many of his past crimes, which included a battery case, multiple DUI busts, and driving as a habitual traffic offender.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
This exercise pushes leaders out of their habitual thinking patterns and encourages fresh perspectives.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Huttle was found to be a habitual traffic violator, which is a felony, Vawter said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
In court filings, defense lawyer Andrew Hemmer wrote in November 2023 that Matthew Huttle was a journeyman carpenter, whose 20-year struggle with alcoholism fueled many of his past crimes, which included a battery case, multiple DUI busts, and driving as a habitual traffic offender.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
This exercise pushes leaders out of their habitual thinking patterns and encourages fresh perspectives.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Huttle was found to be a habitual traffic violator, which is a felony, Vawter said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitual
Adjective
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Environments where failure is punished and stress is glorified can lead to chronic depletion.—
Erin Stafford,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Your cold is exacerbating another chronic medical condition.—
Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN,
Verywell Health,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Zucchini bread and pimento cheese focaccia made with products sourced from local farmers and purveyors also make frequent appearances.—
Olivia Lee,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2025
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Sinema and Collins were frequent guests, as was Steve Daines, a Montana senator who was often mentioned as a potential dark-horse challenger to Thune in the race for Party leader.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Back in October 2008, the Saturday Night Live gang was eating dinner at one of creator Lorne Michaels' regular restaurants, Lattanzi, to toast the week's host, Jon Hamm, before heading back to the office to crank out the week's script.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Houston Cougars Houston has the country’s best defense, trapping and forcing turnovers while allowing just 58.4 points per game in winning the Big 12 regular season and conference tournament title.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Typically, the training phase is very expensive computationally and happens either only once in the case of a base model, or infrequently with periodic model updates and fine-tunings.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Even if Lynch’s episode is much stronger, this entire project is extremely worthwhile, and hopefully will receive periodic updates.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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And Ukraine may struggle to acquire enough deep-strike munitions to sustain repeated strikes on Engels.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Express Unlimited, which allows repeated access, is not being offered.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Habitual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitual. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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