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as a rule
In general, usually, as in As a rule Irene does not eat meat. [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
It would do so by asserting congressional authority to redefine every action taken by the executive branch as a “rule” that could be repealed through the CRA by a simple majority.
"As a rule, the part that thaws out first, especially the trunk, is often eaten by modern predators or birds," he told the Reuters news agency.
Because, as a rule, Democratic commissioners are sympathetic toward labor, while Republican commissioners are management-side lawyers who hate unions and do everything they can to crush them.
The justices did not take up the case, probably because the appeal was premature: As a rule, a defendant like Wilson can’t appeal until after his trial, and he has not yet been convicted.
She also told relatives her son would injure himself while sleep-walking, but a medical expert said pre-school children did "not as a rule sleep-walk", Mr Lumley said.
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