as in often
in a frequent or repeated manner
She is often late leaving for work and routinely skips breakfast. An annual concert that routinely draws 20,000 attendees.
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Recent Examples of routinely
Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees, or CORE, work on two- to four-year assignments, though they traditionally have been routinely renewed, a system that allows the agency to build up and taper down its capacity as needed.
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ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
There are no solo staterooms aboard Noordam, though Holland America routinely offers special rates for solo travelers.
—Aaron Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
And, naturally, Brandy recalled the routinely borderline-chaotic scene at the breakfast table.
—Tracy Kimball, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Students as young as 4 years old routinely practice for the possibility of a school shooting with lockdown drills – typically, hiding in the corner of a dark classroom, behind a locked door.
—James Densley, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
There are no solo staterooms aboard Noordam, though Holland America routinely offers special rates for solo travelers.
—Aaron Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
And, naturally, Brandy recalled the routinely borderline-chaotic scene at the breakfast table.
—Tracy Kimball, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Students as young as 4 years old routinely practice for the possibility of a school shooting with lockdown drills – typically, hiding in the corner of a dark classroom, behind a locked door.
—James Densley, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for routinely
Adverb
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There’s often some bold yet sharp black eyeliner too.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2026
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And those bugs often impair functionality and growth.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The president frequently attacks the former FBI director because of his role in investigating alleged ties between the president's 2016 campaign and Russia.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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But there are few names that appear so frequently as that of Charles Gray.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Since 2022, the Irish have stationed a permanent police liaison officer in the Emirates, and have regularly flown senior police officers and political figures to the Emirates for meetings.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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My colleagues Jodi Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards, both longtime education reporters, used that list regularly in their work.—
Charles Ornstein,
ProPublica,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Objects that formed between the soot and frost lines will be less dense, will have the capacity to possess some volatiles, and can have a wide variety of masses, but should always have rock-and-metal cores.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the most beautiful machine is and always will be the human body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The courts in the past have held — and usually not framed in terms of DEI policies; this was prior to that term gaining currency — but courts have been skeptical about giving the FCC authority over Equal Employment Opportunity policies as a basis for license decisions.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The broad, strappy leaves of tulips have a waxy coating that gives them a blue-green color, with usually two to six leaves per plant.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The transponders can provide air traffic controllers with more precise information about the vehicles and their locations by constantly sending signals to the control tower.—
Bruce Shipkowski,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Having a horny landlady who won’t stop hitting on your boyfriend constantly isn’t the end of the world.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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According to his LinkedIn profile, Allen graduated from the California Institute of Technology, commonly known as Caltech, in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.—
Garrett Haake,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, beef tallow, commonly used in soap-making, can be a lure for them.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2026
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Tehran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments, while Washington has imposed a blockade of Iran's ports.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Routinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routinely. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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