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per usual

per usual adverb: as is usually the case.

Adverb

per usual (not comparable)

  1. As is usually the case.
    • Curious to observe (again per usual) the fatness and good clothes of the collector, and the mean estate of the poor “taxables,” their downcast looks, and all the apparent shifts and wiles they are putting forth to escape the worst outrage that a free man can bear, that is to have his money taken...1921 [1898], Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Mogreb-el-Acksa: A journey in Morocco, page 74
    • Per usual, these agreements prohibited employees from joining class-action lawsuits, though, for the perception of fairness, the company agreed to pay the filing cost of any arbitration, should an employee actually demand one.2026, Brendan Ballou, “9. How to break arbitration”, in When Companies Run the Courts

Synonyms of per usual

Origin of per usual

Ellipsis of per what is usual.

Questions about per usual

What does per usual mean?
Per usual means as is usually the case.
What part of speech is per usual?
Per usual is an adverb.

Words near per usual in the dictionary

  1. per rectum
  2. per saltum
  3. per say
  4. per se
  5. per stirpes
  6. per usual
  7. per vagina
  8. per vaginam
  9. per'lous
  10. per-
  11. per-cent

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