default

Are we all so stuck in our roles that when a given issue comes up, we just default to type?

We should expect the default to be civility, not harassment.

The typical trend is for writers and actors to default to the crudest element of what makes their show work, and lean on that.

Out of the box, the device is set to a default statistical mode, but within a week, the monitor gets more accurate.

There was no threat of default, government shutdown, huge cuts in government spending, or sharp tax increases.

In default of both, I expect to go to jail, and I am ready to start upon one moment's warning.

In default of the usual bazaars OLeary had returned with the spoils of half a dozen pawn-shops.

I hitched the horse to my improvised drag and smoothed it again, several times, in default of a roller.

Before the letters arrived in London, a default had already been recorded.

He was perpetually giving an account of it to his own soul in default of other listeners.