How to Use as a matter of course in a Sentence

as a matter of course

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  • Some of them live harmlessly, as a matter of course, on our skin.
    Mark Caldwell, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Groff, a Christian, wanted a concession that mail carriers used to receive as a matter of course: Sundays off.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The people who once subscribed to cable as a matter of course are instead moving toward streaming video and social media.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Plenty of businesses destroy documents as a matter of course, for a wide variety of reasons, many of them harmless.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
  • One difference, Bhasin said, was that although that study tracked cardiovascular events as a matter of course, they were not monitored carefully.
    Matthew Herper Reprints, STAT, 16 June 2023
  • Beijing controls and shapes information as a matter of course, particularly in moments of crisis.
    Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • At the same time, the restless multi-hyphenate—versatile as a matter of course, perhaps because of his early academic training in musical theatre—gained even greater renown as a theatre director.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • With the spread of genetic sequencing for recreational and health reasons arguments by some groups for mandatory paternity testing will seem quaint as the information will be available as a matter of course.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2010
  • But that protection relies on platforms being willing to defend emulator distribution as a matter of course.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023

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