How to Use modus operandi in a Sentence

modus operandi

noun
Definition of modus operandinext
Synonyms for modus operandinext
  • It’s the, sort of the M.O. [modus operandi] of every cell.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • Slow and steady is no longer the modus operandi at Tiffany.
    — Rory Satran, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
  • For a while, pushing the limits of good taste was part of the modus operandi.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
  • If the-more-bubbles-the-better is your modus operandi in the tub, meet the creamy bath time elixir of your dreams.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2018
  • Baid found a few dozen more profiles with the same modus operandi.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Had the agency’s own modus operandi been used against it?
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • The modus operandi for the Baylor game is to get the running game going.
    — John Shinn Diehards, ajc, 22 Sep. 2017
  • And the modus operandi is to get the books pulled off the shelves, because the process for review is very muddy.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Her modus operandi is to pretend to black out at a bar and wait for a man to offer to walk her home.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Her modus operandi is shockingly bright and over-the-top.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 10 May 2022
  • The singer’s modus operandi, after all, has a precedent.
    — Iman Sultan, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Jan. 2021
  • That was the modus operandi behind the record-breaking Axie land deal last year.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The world in the post-pandemic era will have a different modus operandi.
    — Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Such a structure has been the modus operandi for the current Pacers front office.
    — Tony East, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The modus operandi was covert murder rather than open warfare of the kind that might have allowed for an accounting of the costs.
    — Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Haydn held to what felt like the evening’s underlying modus operandi: Leave them breathless.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
  • My modus operandi is to restrain myself enough in the dining room to take home leftovers.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
  • This seems to be the modus operandi of the other seemingly random members of the link leaderboard.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 18 Aug. 2021
  • That notion would become her modus operandi and the crux of her subsequent start-ups.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
  • This turned out to be a rather neat summary of his modus operandi as a businessman.
    — Steve Almond, Longreads, 3 Apr. 2018
  • That resulted in a strict three-color modus operandi for the show’s first two seasons.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2024
  • But the league plans a return to its recent modus operandi by holding the event – this year will mark the 86th draft – throughout one of its club's markets.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2021
  • For Portman, who was new to working with Waititi, that modus operandi was like a breath of fresh air.
    — Sonaiya Kelleystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
  • But will Michigan adjust its modus operandi with the running backs?
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020
  • That was Verlander’s modus operandi, making Judge reach for sliders in the dirt or that broke on the corner.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • That probably will need to be this season’s modus operandi, as well.
    — Dallas News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • This has been the cartel’s modus operandi since its inception.
    — Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
  • For once, and in a complete volte-face from its usual modus operandi under Roman Abramovich, Chelsea seemed to agree.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The funds’ modus operandi is quite familiar by now: wait for a developing country to hit the skids, move in and buy the country’s debt at a bargain basement price, and then to go to court to sue for full repayment.
    — Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2016
  • After all, their modus operandi is to make everyone else feel inferior, often with the more aggressive stance of making everyone else feel compelled to cede every point to the smartest person.
    — Matt Butcher, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

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