standard operating procedure

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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 in Louisiana, it’s been standard operating procedure for more than a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

An execution is botched if it does not follow standard operating procedure or departs from the requirements of the legal protocol that governs the conduct of executions.

From Slate • May 12, 2025

Rewriting and whitewashing the past, whether of a nation or its leaders, is standard operating procedure.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

But his standard operating procedure is to ignore me.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan