standard operating procedure

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His memorandum wasn’t an aberration but standard operating procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Though Bass omitted the bit about six months being standard operating procedure, which would have at least offered some context.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 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

Rewriting and whitewashing the past, whether of a nation or its leaders, is standard operating procedure.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

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