Definition of "as usual" []

• As is usually the case. (adverb)

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• "The alarm clock sounds as usual at six A.M. Jill had automatically set it the night before."
• "Conspicuous in their absence were the Spartans, who as usual had stayed home and refused to participate in the war."
• "With respect to Sen. McConnell's plan, as I said, it is constructive to say that if Washington operates as usual and can't get anything done, let's at least avoid Armageddon, Obama said, referring to the economic crisis that would follow a failure to raise the debt limit in time."