as always
idiom
—used to say that something was expected because it always happens
As always, dinner was delicious.
Your children, as always, were very well-behaved.
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But as always in Formula 1, after three or four years, the teams will converge.
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
In the café, there is drinking; in the grocery store, sugar is weighed, and in the boulangerie, bread (as always).
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Movie theaters are going all out with merch for James Gunn’s summer superhero blockbuster, and the popcorn buckets, as always, are the main attraction.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 July 2025
The competition was, as always and as edited, intense.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
In the café, there is drinking; in the grocery store, sugar is weighed, and in the boulangerie, bread (as always).
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Movie theaters are going all out with merch for James Gunn’s summer superhero blockbuster, and the popcorn buckets, as always, are the main attraction.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 July 2025
The competition was, as always and as edited, intense.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
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“As always.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20always. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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