It was a fact of life that grandmothers routinely told grandchildren.

The armed forces commander routinely tells civilians what to do.

"Our customers routinely told me that supporting Microsoft was extremely important," he added.

DJs routinely tell callers not to use it, though the rule is often ignored.

Principals, teachers and other education department officials routinely tell reporters that they are barred by department regulations from speaking with the news media.

"Literary men now routinely tell their readers about their divorces," he observed.

He said the decision was in line with the group's policy "of routinely telling our members about jobs."

Perhaps it is the influence of television talk shows on which guests routinely tell intimate and often humiliating details about themselves to millions.

Their dishonest officers routinely told their commanders whatever the commander wanted to hear.

He said pilots routinely told him that they would rather be flying real missions over Iraq than training runs at their bases back home.