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 .
Example Sentences
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"Yes, of course I do. I would just like to know when it will happen, when all of this will finally end."
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
‘Well of course you can see! You cut your forehead when you hit that branch, and the blood got in your eyes. Scalp wounds bleed a lot. Didn’t you know that?’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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