as a matter of course
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“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like,” Fred Rogers once said, “if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Strictly producers have a back-up plan in place if needed, but a spokesman for the programme tells us they do that every year as a matter of course.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
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
The seasoned and successful, like Carl Heine, ignored them as a matter of course.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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