in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business
idiom
: as part of doing regular business
payments made in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business
Examples of in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business in a Sentence
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Regarding its current operations, Big Lots has filed motions seeking court approval to continue paying employees and benefits, and payments to certain critical vendors in the ordinary course of business.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
The bank issued the loans in the normal course of business, and with similar interest rates and collateral as other customers received around the same time, according to the filing.
—Noah Buhayar, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
Identification card issued by an employer in the normal course of business, which has a photograph of the cardholder (not a business card).
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
The issue, said Jay L. Westbrook, a University of Texas bankruptcy law professor, is whether the court rules the transfers of wealth were made in the ordinary course of business.
—Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
Kevin Downey, an attorney for Ms. Holmes, said that the Theranos lab ran more than 8 million blood tests, and some errors are to be expected in the normal course of business.
—Heather Somerville, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
State prosecutors, in the normal course of business, had a contract with a private laboratory to search the open source database for matches to crime scene evidence.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2021
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
The bank issued the loans in the normal course of business, and with similar interest rates and collateral as other customers received around the same time, according to the filing.
—Noah Buhayar, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
Identification card issued by an employer in the normal course of business, which has a photograph of the cardholder (not a business card).
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
The issue, said Jay L. Westbrook, a University of Texas bankruptcy law professor, is whether the court rules the transfers of wealth were made in the ordinary course of business.
—Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
Kevin Downey, an attorney for Ms. Holmes, said that the Theranos lab ran more than 8 million blood tests, and some errors are to be expected in the normal course of business.
—Heather Somerville, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
State prosecutors, in the normal course of business, had a contract with a private laboratory to search the open source database for matches to crime scene evidence.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2021
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“In the usual/normal/ordinary course of business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20usual%2Fnormal%2Fordinary%20course%20of%20business. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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