routinely
adverb
rou·tine·ly
rü-ˈtēn-lē 
ˈrü-ˌtēn-
: as a matter of regular occurrence
Airlines routinely sell tickets to more people than the plane can seat, counting on several people not to arrive.—
Andrew Victor
Andrew Victor… he routinely slept with one arm dangling off the side of his bed and his feet kicked free of the sheets.—Holly Black
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But the human brain routinely does this work nearly instantaneously based on the language’s grammatical rules, says linguist Andrea E. Martin of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Or that graphing calculators bought for $5, routinely resell for $30 during back-to-school season?
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
During pre-game lineup announcements at Allianz Field, Boxall’s name routinely draws one of the loudest vocal endorsements from the team’s supporters.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
New apparatus is routinely ordered to keep the fleet within that lifespan.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Or that graphing calculators bought for $5, routinely resell for $30 during back-to-school season?
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
During pre-game lineup announcements at Allianz Field, Boxall’s name routinely draws one of the loudest vocal endorsements from the team’s supporters.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
New apparatus is routinely ordered to keep the fleet within that lifespan.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for routinely
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“Routinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/routinely. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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