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customary

[kuhs-tuh-mer-ee] / ˈkʌs təˌmɛr i /


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He even gave up his customary glass of wine with dinner to keep his memory sharp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The deal is expected to close mid-2027, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"What type of species are we going to have left in our customary fishing ground? We have to do something," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Energy Transfer expects the acquisition to close in the fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Milo was dressed in his customary business attire—olive-drab trousers, a fresh olive-drab shirt and tie, with one silver first lieutenant’s bar gleaming on the collar, and a regulation dress cap with a stiff leather bill.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Under date August, 1569, in the accounts of the High Treasurer there is an entry, where the "customaries of Ochterairder" are mentioned along with those of St. Andrews.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall

His Antiquities of Teutonic Law have shown that the codes of the Lombards, Franks, and Goths were not mere savage, brutal customaries, based, as had been supposed, on the absence of all law and right.

From Popular Tales from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent


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