as a matter of course
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Electronic warfare disrupts communications and navigation as a matter of course.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
It’s so rare because failure — by pitchers as well as batters — is expected as a matter of course.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025
These are “de novo” mutations that pop up randomly; most are far too rare to be worth testing for prenatally as a matter of course.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2024
Despite council members’ frustration at being left out of the process, Acadia had met the city’s criteria and was approved as a matter of course.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023
In those days, I believed that proficiency in English and success in business were the direct result of high academic achievements and I assumed as a matter of course that Sisulu was a university graduate.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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