as in usually
according to the usual course of things
ordinarily, I get off work at five, but this week I'm working late to meet a project deadline
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Proposals to cut federal programs ordinarily appear in the president’s budget, which OMB prepares for Congress every year.
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Bridget C.e. Dooling, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Delegating to employees means to give them work that would ordinarily be on your plate—meaningful work that is in your portfolio.
—Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The filing noted that Mr. Trump had also asked New York’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, for an emergency stay, acknowledging that litigants must ordinarily seek relief from lower courts before turning to the Supreme Court.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Russian men of productivity age that would ordinarily be at their jobs in the civilian economy are instead fighting at the front, translating into a shortage of workers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Bridget C.e. Dooling, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Delegating to employees means to give them work that would ordinarily be on your plate—meaningful work that is in your portfolio.
—Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The filing noted that Mr. Trump had also asked New York’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, for an emergency stay, acknowledging that litigants must ordinarily seek relief from lower courts before turning to the Supreme Court.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Russian men of productivity age that would ordinarily be at their jobs in the civilian economy are instead fighting at the front, translating into a shortage of workers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Ordinarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinarily. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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