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Starting Thursday, you may find it easier to place rapid-fire trades in stocks and options as a rule dating back to the dot-com era officially goes off the books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
First of all, as a rule, Mark and I are not generally for throwing sandwiches.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025
She also told relatives her son would injure himself while sleep-walking, but a medical expert said pre-school children did "not as a rule sleep-walk", Mr Lumley said.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
That is a vaudevillian death sentence: as a rule, one never follows animal acts or children or child-like Muppets.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
“No. Actually they are good to eat—the Romans liked them a great deal—but people avoid them as a rule because they are so easily confused with their evil twin.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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