business as usual
idiom
—used to say that something is working or continuing in the normal or usual way
Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual.
As the election nears, both political parties continue to blame each other for all the city's problems. In other words, it's business as usual.
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But most of the park was business as usual, with park visitors enjoying what Walt built.
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Jeff Gritchen, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
But this month Samsung’s security update looked like business as usual, whereas Pixel’s was anything but.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The mechanisms of diversion have evolved, becoming more sophisticated—employment schemes, militias establishing NGO fronts, financial transfers, inflated contracts—but the U.N. response remains the same: brief suspensions, minor reshuffling, and a return to business as usual.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
One path leads backward toward pollution-intensive business as usual propping up obsolete processes.
—Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
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Jeff Gritchen, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
But this month Samsung’s security update looked like business as usual, whereas Pixel’s was anything but.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The mechanisms of diversion have evolved, becoming more sophisticated—employment schemes, militias establishing NGO fronts, financial transfers, inflated contracts—but the U.N. response remains the same: brief suspensions, minor reshuffling, and a return to business as usual.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
One path leads backward toward pollution-intensive business as usual propping up obsolete processes.
—Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for business as usual
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“Business as usual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20as%20usual. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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