as in normally
according to the usual course of things
we usually go out to eat on Fridays
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As a result, the moon usually passes above or below Earth's shadow instead of through it.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Dewar’s has combined the two here, but instead of toasting the barrels with direct flame, as is usually the case, Icelandic magma stones were heated and placed inside a metallic half-cylinder.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Absent from the document is any record of an official investigation, which would usually include interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence over the course of weeks or months.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 7 Mar. 2025
Asteroids are inactive bodies orbiting the sun, usually composed of rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Dewar’s has combined the two here, but instead of toasting the barrels with direct flame, as is usually the case, Icelandic magma stones were heated and placed inside a metallic half-cylinder.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Absent from the document is any record of an official investigation, which would usually include interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence over the course of weeks or months.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 7 Mar. 2025
Asteroids are inactive bodies orbiting the sun, usually composed of rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Usually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usually. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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