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as a matter of course

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dogmatic adj.
customarily adv.
necessarily adv.

ADJECTIVE

dogmatic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assertive categorical pragmatic reasoned

WEAK

a priori authoritarian authoritative axiomatic by fiat by natural law by nature canonical deducible deductive derivable doctrinaire doctrinal eternal excathedra formal imperative inevitable on faith oracular orthodox peremptory positive prophetic systematic theoretical unchangeable unerring unqualified

Antonyms

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ambiguous amenable doubtful doubting dubious equivocal flexible fluctuating indecisive manageable not positive obedient questioning skeptical submissive uncertain vacillating

ADVERB

customarily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently generally habitually normally routinely traditionally

WEAK

as usual conventionally frequently naturally regularly usually wontedly

Antonyms

WEAK

differently divergently occasionally rarely sometimes

ADVERB

necessarily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

automatically naturally no doubt undoubtedly unquestionably

WEAK

accordingly axiomatically beyond one's control by definition by its own nature cardinally come what may compulsorily consequently exigently from within fundamentally incontrovertibly indubitably ineluctably inescapably inexorably irresistibly of course of necessity perforce positively pressingly significantly unpreventably vitally willy-nilly without fail

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully questionably

WEAK

unnecessarily

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as a matter of course

Democracies do this as a matter of course, and we can, too, even if we modify these lessons, and learn from their shortcomings, for our own particular contexts.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Electronic warfare disrupts communications and navigation as a matter of course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

It’s so rare because failure — by pitchers as well as batters — is expected as a matter of course.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025

GMP said "as a matter of course" it had been in contact with Counter Terrorism Policing North West who had "offered advice" on some of the materials seized.

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

The days go by and the incredible hours follow one another as a matter of course.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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