How to Use as a matter of course in a Sentence

as a matter of course

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  • In fact, many bakeries do this as a matter of course.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Some of them live harmlessly, as a matter of course, on our skin.
    — Mark Caldwell, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • In cooking schools, chefs are trained to use plastic wrap as a matter of course.
    — Michelle Greenwald, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • That receiving freely leads to giving freely, as a matter of course.
    — Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • To the extent these baseless claims come in the form of outbursts, they are stricken from the record as a matter of course.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The president flees these tradeoffs as a matter of course and flip-flops unpredictably when pressures rise.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Even though most of the smart security cameras on the market have long battery life as a matter of course, there's always a better option.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Employment contracts for actors will now include consent provisions for AI use as a matter of course.
    — Dan Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Government officials cull wallabies and kangaroos as a matter of course.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
  • But certain parts of the government also resist declassification as a matter of course.
    — William Burr, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2019
  • But its bread and butter is funding the kind of routine vaccines given to infants in rich countries as a matter of course, like the polio vaccine or the measles and rubella vaccines.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 6 July 2024
  • This was the same man who wore a bulletproof jacket provided to him by the Secret Service as a matter of course during both his campaigns.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Young women today seem readier to assume their worth, value their dreams and aspirations and decry cultural inequities as a matter of course.
    — Lisa Z. Lindahl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Adeyemi wants society to strive not for diversity or inclusion, but for books, movies and art to look like the array of humanity around them as a matter of course.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • In a workplace culture where deadlines are respected and met as a matter of course, there should be no need for fake urgency because the team will naturally be on track to meet its targets.
    — Sally Percy, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Beijing controls and shapes information as a matter of course, particularly in moments of crisis.
    — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 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
  • There was some speculation that price cuts, giveaways, discounted mortgage rates and other incentives had become so prevalent that buyers had come to expect them as a matter of course.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But that protection relies on platforms being willing to defend emulator distribution as a matter of course.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023
  • Social media sites and YouTube now offer 360-degree video support as a matter of course, also helping to drive adoption.
    — Tom Coughlin, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Enable two-factor authentication as a matter of course, or use a Passkey which will serve as both a secure login method and as a second authentication factor.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • His family had minimal interest in it, which fixes James’ childhood at a rather specific historical cusp, when people lukewarm on music would still have a piano around as a matter of course.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Such provisional arrest requests are often granted as a matter of course; by treaty, the country asking for extradition has 60 days to present more detailed evidence after the initial arrest is made.
    — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 13 July 2026
  • Since then, Intel committed US $300 million to diversity efforts, and tech firms have started reporting their diversity numbers as a matter of course.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Oct. 2015
  • Like all utilities, ComEd comes in for plenty of grousing as a matter of course, but would anyone in northern Illinois prefer that NIPSCO were their utility these past two weeks?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

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