of course
Idioms-
In the customary or expected order, naturally, as in The new minister did not, of course, fire the church secretary . This usage, first recorded in 1548, employs course in the sense of “ordinary procedure.”
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Certainly, as in Of course I'll answer the phone , or Are you going to the meeting?—Of course . [Early 1800s] Also see matter of course .
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The most important of those goals, of course, came in stoppage time against QPR on the final day of the 2012 season.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Monetary policy is supposed to be politically independent, of course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That doesn’t mean she won’t run into trouble, of course.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
No doubt the surge in generative artificial intelligence use is what tipped the scales, but of course, not all bots are created equal.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
There was no getting away without J.W., of course.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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