How to Use standard operating procedure in a Sentence

standard operating procedure

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  • This was out of date even in the first world war but is now standard operating procedure in the Russian army.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And yet that’s been standard operating procedure at the Fed and other central banks for decades.
    — John T. Harvey, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • In the Western world, our standard operating procedure is to lather up with shampoo in the shower, then rinse it out.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • This has been a sort of standard operating procedure for the Saints offensively the past few seasons.
    — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Bloom has made such deals part of his standard operating procedure.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The status: The standard operating procedure was updated to make this change last year.
    — Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2021
  • According to the standard operating procedure that describes the board, Flynn has the final say on whether changes should be made as a result of each review.
    — Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Whether fourth doses—or more—will become standard operating procedure in the U.S. will depend on the timing and severity of future waves of the virus.
    — Lela Moore, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The ’77 White Sox were early adopters of taunting, which is now standard operating procedure in baseball.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • To negate this, my team has created a standard operating procedure for new hires.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Unfortunately, the pup had to be put down and tested for rabies, a standard operating procedure in the state.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
  • This is standard operating procedure for the FAA, which doesn’t have the personnel to do inspections itself, Ditchey said.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But hate first, questions later, is standard operating procedure for a segment of the gaming world.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • At the top of the list: Drafting a new standard operating procedure on civil unrest based on national best practices.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The school hadn't been notified, which is standard operating procedure, so on the surface, Dakich's claim was suspect.
    — Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The new standard operating procedure, or SOP, for the department's K-9 unit will codify three criteria for when police dogs are called to a scene.
    — Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The last four years have seen so many departures from standard operating procedure, so many norms being broken.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Most incident tickets are not reported in forms but in emails, and the bot goes through the unstructured text to predict a standard operating procedure (SOP).
    — Uday Birajdar, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Every crew member should be aware of what to do and when because the standard operating procedure has been trained into their muscle memory.
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Ushers holding signs enforced the rules that, by now, should be standard operating procedure.
    — Mark Long, Chron, 8 Feb. 2021
  • And handing out a second contract extension, despite the pleas of some fans, is the standard operating procedure for a team with a franchise quarterback.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Waiting for October, once an annual pipedream on the North Side, has become standard operating procedure at the start of each season.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • But that’s just standard operating procedure for heartbreak: Mine the experience for insight, make adjustments, file it away in the past.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
  • This state use of violence is standard operating procedure in Cuba, and there are reports that Mr. Díaz-Canel has cut off all internet service that the regime controls.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 July 2021
  • But that’s standard operating procedure for the Crimson Tide.
    — Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That is standard operating procedure a few weeks in advance for sites the network is considering.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • That's standard operating procedure in the swamp, no matter which party patrols its murky waters.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Licensing the data is not the standard operating procedure for Google.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 July 2022
  • The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, characterized the FBI’s work on the Dali as standard operating procedure.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • What are the standard operating procedures for customer data?
    — John Kell, Fortune, 16 May 2024

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