customary

Example Sentences

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It offers the customary plain benches inside, but other interior features, like an iron stove, sit outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It said the release was taking place "in the context of the religious celebrations of Holy Week, which is a customary practice in our criminal justice system".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Job seekers aren’t the only ones feeling downward pressure on salaries: Employed people can’t assume the customary pay bump is coming this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Customers who truly value the service often leave more than the customary amount.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Spoade was in the middle of them like a terrapin in a street full of scuttering dead leaves, his collar about his ears, moving at his customary unhurried walk.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner