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usual Adjective

— something that is usual happens often It is usual for me to read the newspaper in the morning.

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— adjective occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure grew the usual vegetables the usual summer heat came at the usual time the child's usual bedtime — adjective (= common) commonly encountered a common (or familiar) complaint the usual greeting

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common ordinary customary regular normal habitual general accustomed wonted used to conventional commonplace everyday routine mediocre standard natural average widespread typical traditional run-of-the-mill public frequent daily custom broad unremarkable sole rife plain only monotonous indifferent habit favourite constant as usual always wont vulgar vernacular vanilla usually usual thing use unspectacular unsophisticated unique unexceptional

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What words describe something that is usual?

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Simple sentences

We walked more quickly than usual.

As usual, he was late and made us wait for a long time.

Business as usual.

Tom goes from Boston to Chicago with his car via the usual route.

We had lunch earlier than usual today.

I'm not any busier today than usual.

On weekends, I get up later than usual.

Tom came home from work earlier than usual today.

Life will go on as usual.

Instead of taking a rest, he worked much harder than usual.

The meeting ended earlier than usual.

Bill was late for school as usual.

Bread and butter is my usual breakfast.

Bread and butter is their usual breakfast.

As usual, the physics teacher was late for class.

John had awoken much earlier than usual.

Jack isn't here. He may have missed his usual bus.

The machine again made the usual noise and printed out the following analysis.

Hi, Paul. Busy as usual?

I went to bed later than usual.

We have had more snow than usual this winter.

I arrived later than usual.

She came late as usual.

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So, you don't have to worry anything, Madame, and as usual, you can stay here and.

So, can I put you down for the usual 10 cases?

Patrick. It's not your usual time.

It was the usual method in those days.

Anyway, Kenny, looks like it's just you and me again handing out candy, as usual.

As usual, she began planning out her daughter's life.

This could be more than politics as usual.

I just need my usual injection.

Dear Countess, please, I beg you to keep your promess to meet tomorrow afternoon, in the usual place.

The usual.

Meet me at 9 tonight at the usual place.

This morning, Ambroise's arm feels weak and has none of the usual skill.

That's the usual thing, isn't it?

The usual thing.

So, can I put you down for the usual 10 cases? Uh, no. Let's go with four this time.

It's not your usual time.

With his usual acceleration, Joe can't win.

As usual! Let's go.

We just want the usual blessings, that's all.

That's the usual thing.

Alone as usual?

Gary's been feeling the heat a little more than usual today.

Furthermore, it is madame's wish that while half of the interest. shall be deposited as usual in madame's account, the other half, contrary to custom, shall be delivered in cash into madame's personal custody.

You go home as usual, 5:00 every day.

Kemp's car going over the cliff was another of Charlie Baker's, and his Universal miniature department's efforts. As usual, a first-rate one.

And, I'm gonna disturb him. The scientific gentlemen are with him. They're having their usual Wednesday night discussion.

As usual.

Military papers, as usual.

As usual, I guess you're right.

Dear Countess, please keep the promise you made, to meet me tomorrow evening at 11, at the usual place.

I see you're waiting for me, as usual.

On schedule as usual.

The three main ones are. HE, SHE. and THE OTHER GUY.as usual.

Once over, same as usual?

Then you're going to keep your place open as usual?

WELL, HE GOT AWAY AGAIN, AS USUAL.

The police haven't been able to find me in my usual haunts lately, have they?

The usual childhood woes.

News and current affairs

The time for business as usual is over.

As the Stern report points out, as usual, the poor are the most vulnerable.

I want to deviate from my usual economic theme this month and focus instead on the system by which the press - mostly the American press - covers government nowadays.

Some, as usual, will claim that the Arab-Israeli conflict lies at the root of the problems that exist between Islam and the West, and that resolving the Palestinians' plight will contribute immensely to smoother relations.

And, because demand is depressed, credit is in short supply, and barriers to enterprise are often high, it will take longer than usual for businesses to create more productive jobs.

Continue with business-as-usual, churning out document upon document of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo, perhaps even continue to give free advice to Israelis and Palestinians about how to work out their differences?

That a small centrist party may now get the courts to postpone the election merely adds to the usual confusion.

Indeed, the International Energy Agency noted in September that the usual relationship between oil prices and inventory levels has broken down, with prices much higher than the usual relationship would suggest.

As usual, investors will get repaid, while Argentina sinks deeper into crisis.

The truth, as usual, is more complicated, and understanding it helps us to comprehend what will be needed if real peace is to be achieved.

Indeed, in the 6-12 months prior to every crisis, the IMF's forecasts implied business as usual.

As is usual with this ex-KGB man, Putin is being cunning about Ukraine, but he is deluding himself if he thinks that siding with Yanukovych will bring back effective Russian overlordship of Ukraine.

What this really means is that the appreciation is neither a consequence of monetary policy nor the other usual factors.

Or will we witness attempts to downplay the calamity and return to business as usual as soon as possible?

For now, EU governments' coordinated fiscal stimulus has deprived populists of their usual charge that the EU is indifferent to the fate of individuals.

There are several reasons to anticipate modest improvement in 2013, although, as usual, there are downside risks.

Moreover, with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remaining as Iran's president, the West will once again resort to its usual method of dealing with unfriendly regimes: impose more sanctions.

True, with the World Cup's end, many are arguing, as usual, that Americans pay attention only every four years - and only when the US is playing.

That is more than the usual viewership for ESPN's Monday Night Football, the biggest regular television draw for fans of American football.

Japan, for example, is in the grip of a growth crisis and public finance disaster - not the usual companions of an appreciating currency.

The request would be politely worded, but it would also be an official and public mode of communication, instead of the usual behind-the-scenes quiet diplomacy.

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