of course

Idioms  

1. In the customary or expected order, naturally, as in The new minister did not, of course, fire the church secretary . This usage, first recorded in 1548, employs course in the sense of “ordinary procedure.”

2. Certainly, as in Of course I'll answer the phone , or Are you going to the meeting?—Of course . [Early 1800s] Also see matter of course .

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Example Sentences

He added: "But the party, of course, should reflect on any complaints that have been made, any criticisms from those who have been victims of inappropriate behaviour, and we should always seek to do better."

From BBC

These introductions, of course, don’t stop when the film’s main story ends.

From Los Angeles Times

Which brings me to my optimistic long-term prediction: The world will become a safer place once leaders, as a matter of course, feed their strategic ambitions and calculations through an LLM before acting on them.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the S-1 and the IPO roadshow, investment bankers gauge demand, price the stock, and sell it to interested parties, delivering the cash to the company, less fees, of course.

From Barron's

Timing the bottom for gold will be difficult, of course, but UBS doesn’t expect the recent pullback to last very long.

From Barron's