customary
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Instead of the customary 60% to 70% occupancy rate in off-season June, the hotel is less than 40% full, the manager said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The strait comprises Omani and Iranian territorial waters, but under customary international law the two cannot generally block passage or charge tolls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Strawberries and white wine were on the menu, and - as has now become customary - one of the empty bottles was annotated and encased in a glass table to commemorate Sinner's latest success.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Yum! said it expects both transactions to be completed in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He opened his mouth, waiting for his brain to supply the customary pithy comeback.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
His Antiquities of Teutonic Law have shown that the codes of the Lombards, Franks, and Goths were not mere savage, brutal customaries, based, as had been supposed, on the absence of all law and right.
From Popular Tales from the Norse by Dasent, George Webbe
Under date August, 1569, in the accounts of the High Treasurer there is an entry, where the "customaries of Ochterairder" are mentioned along with those of St. Andrews.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
Vocabulary lists containing customary
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Six
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"A Walk to the Jetty," Vocabulary from a novel excerpt
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