established practice
Frequency: 8.014.4 per million words
Refers to a usual and accepted way of doing something within a particular society or group.
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- Tipping is an established practice in the service industry here.
- The court followed the established practice of reviewing all prior evidence.
- It is established practice for surgeons to wash their hands thoroughly before an operation.
- Citing sources is a fundamental and established practice in academic writing.
- We are challenging the long-established practice of only promoting from within the company.
- In the 19th century, it was an established practice for families to have many children.
- Deviating from the established practice requires written approval from the director.
- The new policy will change the established practice for handling customer complaints.
- Is this an established practice, or just something our team has been doing informally?
- Shaking hands upon meeting is a well-established practice in many Western cultures.