as a rule
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First of all, as a rule, Mark and I are not generally for throwing sandwiches.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025
Or to honesty, as a rule, though he insists that this account of his disastrous Venetian sojourn is genuine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
Royal portraits, as a rule, tend to be fairly staid, predictable affairs.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
Though as a rule I usually didn’t have much money to spare.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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