standard operating procedure

Example Sentences

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His memorandum wasn’t an aberration but standard operating procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

While ministers may quibble with a lack of communication, no issue is taken with the use of Scottish airbases or airports - that, I'm told, is standard operating procedure.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

But during the next several years, such bombing became standard operating procedure.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025

Tugs don’t follow the vessel out; that’s not standard operating procedure.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2024

But his standard operating procedure is to ignore me.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan