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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a regular is" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to define or describe something that is typical or standard in a particular context.
Example: "In this restaurant, a regular is someone who comes in at least once a week and is known by the staff."
Alternatives: "a usual is" or "a standard is".
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In Wendover, Mass., a "regular" is a coffee with cream and two sugars.
Bono, a regular, is not in attendance, nor is former President Bill Clinton.
What's significant about the Café on Clinton, where Jimmy used to be a regular, is that it isn't really a watering hole anymore.
To be a regular is to insist on something steady in a world and a life with too many shocks, too much loss.
To be a regular is not just to settle down but to grow up and appreciate that for all you haven't tasted, you're plenty lucky and plenty happy with what you have: Perla's orecchiette, Empellón Taqueria's chorizo-studded queso fundido.
Finally, a 'minor query' (his own words) from a regular: is it essential to submit clues etc on a separate sheet when one is sending an entry on a web-based sheet where there is plenty of room?
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Dilip Hiro, a TomDispatch regular, is the author of 35 books.
Pratap Chatterjee, a TomDispatch regular, is executive director of CorpWatch.
It is about being a regular human being.
It's not a regular problem, is it?
This year Hofmeyr, who was a regular fixture, was not invited.
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