standard operating procedure

noun

: established or prescribed methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or in designated situations

called also standing operating procedure

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In keeping with what has been a standard operating procedure since Kawhi Leonard has returned, the Clippers didn’t play their All-Star forward in the fourth quarter Sunday night against the Lakers. —

Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025 Even Pete Carroll, the veteran former USC and Seahawks coach looking for one last hurrah, would more closely fit the Cowboys’ standard operating procedure than Sanders. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025 Write your standard operating procedures Turn unclear processes into clear SOPs. —

Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Clutch hits can elude them while singles have supplanted slug as their standard operating procedure. —

Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for standard operating procedure

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of standard operating procedure was in 1939

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