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of course

ADVERB
as expected
Synonyms
WEAK
by all means certainly definitely indeed indubitably naturally obviously surely undoubtedly without a doubt

Example Sentences

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They said: "He can't do it like other children his age, of course, but we can no longer describe what he does in any other way than by saying it's running, jumping, and swimming."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Carvajal-Muñoz, of course, did not set out to be the test case for this theory.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

“A bunch of us took it upon ourselves to, you know, go downtown and give out these resources — the food, water and of course the PPE,” he said, referring to personal protective equipment.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

When governments and their advisers are, as matter of course, using AI to improve their decision-making, expect fewer purblind, tunnel-visioned strategic decisions based on wishful thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Though of course they wouldn’t have been gigged.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck