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usual

[yoo-zhoo-uhl, yoozh-wuhl] / ˈyu ʒu əl, ˈyuʒ wəl /
ADJECTIVE
common, typical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constant conventional current customary everyday expected familiar frequent natural normal prevailing regular routine
WEAK
accepted accustomed average chronic commonplace cut-and-dried fixed garden variety general grind habitual mainstream matter-of-course ordinary plain plastic prevalent quotidian rife run-of-the-mill so-so standard stock typic unremarkable vanilla white-bread wonted workaday
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abnormal different eccentric foreign inconstant infrequent irregular new occasional original rare strange uncommon unconventional unfamiliar unsteady unusual
WEAK
atypical

Example Sentences

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This year's celebration is due to take place on 4 July, with sources at the organisation telling BBC News it will go ahead "as usual".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Answering that question is more treacherous than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Many people with these schedules do not consider themselves shift workers and instead see their routine as simply starting the day earlier than usual.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The warmth and premature melt mean the state’s forests will dry out a month or more earlier than usual, Gleick said, which increases the risk of wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

But now it was business as usual, and we all fell to.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.