standard operating procedure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of standard operating procedure
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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But in Louisiana, it’s been standard operating procedure for more than a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Though Bass omitted the bit about six months being standard operating procedure, which would have at least offered some context.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
Rewriting and whitewashing the past, whether of a nation or its leaders, is standard operating procedure.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
It has subsequently emerged arresting officer Bryan Gillis had failed to activate his bodycam video before Scheffler was stopped, handcuffed and arrested, despite it being standard operating procedure.
From BBC ● May 21, 2024
But his standard operating procedure is to ignore me.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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