standard operating procedure

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025

It has subsequently emerged arresting officer Bryan Gillis had failed to activate his bodycam video before Scheffler was stopped, handcuffed and arrested, despite it being standard operating procedure.

From BBC • May 21, 2024

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