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ordinarily

[awr-dn-air-uh-lee, awr-dn-er-uh-lee] / ˌɔr dnˈɛər ə li, ˈɔr dnˌɛr ə li /


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Knotts held that drivers ordinarily have no reasonable expectation of privacy in movements visible on public thoroughfares.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The useful unit isn’t a prescribed number of ounces or cups; it’s however much your household ordinarily reaches for when making one meal.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Because the black hole was not actively consuming matter, it would ordinarily have remained invisible.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Although the agency possesses broad authority to issue market-monitoring requests, these lenders generally fall below its $10 billion supervisory threshold and therefore are not ordinarily subject to this level of scrutiny.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

I can’t bring myself to ruin it for them, not when their lives are ordinarily so dismal.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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