as a matter of course
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Which brings me to my optimistic long-term prediction: The world will become a safer place once leaders, as a matter of course, feed their strategic ambitions and calculations through an LLM before acting on them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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
The fact that I took it as a matter of course did not alter that any.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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