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as a matter of course

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
WEAK
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

Example Sentences

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Which brings me to my optimistic long-term prediction: The world will become a safer place once leaders, as a matter of course, feed their strategic ambitions and calculations through an LLM before acting on them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

These are “de novo” mutations that pop up randomly; most are far too rare to be worth testing for prenatally as a matter of course.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2024

Despite council members’ frustration at being left out of the process, Acadia had met the city’s criteria and was approved as a matter of course.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

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