customary
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It was a place to see and be seen, and also, after the customary photoshoots and crowd-scanning, let loose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
As Healey strove to prove his fiscally sound credentials, there wasn't even the customary rabbit pulled out of the hat, the end-of-speech sweetener.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
He even gave up his customary glass of wine with dinner to keep his memory sharp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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
He grinned broadly for an instant, then assumed his customary scowl.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing customary
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Six
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