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
He even gave up his customary glass of wine with dinner to keep his memory sharp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Manoa Duwai convinced his village in 2009 to create a protected area within their customary fishing grounds on Fiji's Coral Coast after concerns over the small number and size of fish he was catching.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The financing remains subject to bankruptcy court approval and customary conditions.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He held the hand of a ten-year-old Mexican ballerina and was followed by scores of men and women in the customary clothing of their native cultures.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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