standard operating procedure

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Being married while working is standard operating procedure for many feminists.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 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

Therefore he was not technically a Hunt prisoner, and so was not bound by the institution’s standard operating procedure.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers