customary
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A handful of matches next season will also be staged at major stadiums, as has become customary for some Prem clubs in recent years.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In Hormuz, Iran, which "has not ratified the Montego Bay Convention, had until now respected it under customary law," Domergue said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Their London home was an apartment in Kensington Palace, but it is customary for members of the royal family to have a country home too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The agency made the changes without the customary professional consultations, KFF has reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
“In the customary place, Rodrigo, the freight yard. They seek work.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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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