standard operating procedure

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But in Louisiana, it’s been standard operating procedure for more than a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

But much of Newhouse’s approach now seems like standard operating procedure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

An execution is botched if it does not follow standard operating procedure or departs from the requirements of the legal protocol that governs the conduct of executions.

From Slate • May 12, 2025

It has subsequently emerged arresting officer Bryan Gillis had failed to activate his bodycam video before Scheffler was stopped, handcuffed and arrested, despite it being standard operating procedure.

From BBC • May 21, 2024

Therefore he was not technically a Hunt prisoner, and so was not bound by the institution’s standard operating procedure.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers