usually
adverb
usu·al·ly
ˈyü-zhə-wə-lē 
-zhə-lē;
ˈyüzh-wə-lē,
ˈyüzh-lē
: according to the usual or ordinary course of things : most often : as a rule : customarily, ordinarily
a trip that usually takes an hour
a time of year when the weather is usually hot
On weekdays, I usually biked alone around San Francisco.—
Oliver Sacks
Oliver SacksTo establish a new epoch, geologists usually have to find clear evidence in the rock record of a massive, planet-altering shift.—Gayathri Vaidyanathan
Gayathri VaidyanathanCelebrity outbursts are usually so outrageous that the average person can't really relate to them.—Kyra Kyles
Kyra KylesThese chemicals usually do not kill the insects: a plant does not care whether predators die; it just wants them to go away and not come back.—Mark P. Mattson
Mark P. MattsonExamples of usually in a Sentence
we usually go out to eat on Fridays
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Instead of multiple private insurance companies, a single fund collects money (usually through taxes) and pays doctors, hospitals, and other providers for covered care.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
But Williamson isn’t usually dumb.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Though South Florida usually sees wildfire activity in May, the speed and intensity of fires have been exacerbated by the dry conditions.
—Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The board was designed in 1950 to insulate scientific judgment from politics, because when politicians dictate scientific truth, the results are usually disastrous.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
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James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
But Williamson isn’t usually dumb.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Though South Florida usually sees wildfire activity in May, the speed and intensity of fires have been exacerbated by the dry conditions.
—Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The board was designed in 1950 to insulate scientific judgment from politics, because when politicians dictate scientific truth, the results are usually disastrous.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
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“Usually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usually. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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