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on the routine vs in the routine

Both "on the routine" and "in the routine" are not commonly used phrases in English. The correct preposition to use with "routine" depends on the context in which it is being used.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1173 views

on the routine

This phrase is not commonly used in English.

The preposition "on" is not typically used with the noun "routine."
  • Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock, Alain Hutchinson and Juan Fraile Cantón, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (B6-0325/2008).
  • Margrete Auken and Mikel Irujo Amezaga, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (B6-0316/2008);
  • Marios Matsakis, Marielle De Sarnez and Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (B6-0318/2008);
  • Cristiana Muscardini, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (B6-0323/2008);
  • European Parliament resolution on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia
  • I got some really interesting results on the routine tox screen of Chelsea Marsh.
  • All right, concentrate on the routine, and you'll forget to get tensed up.
  • It is at work on massive and minute scales... on the routine and the extreme.
  • on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia
  • European Parliament resolution on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia
  • Actions should be directed towards sharing data on the routine practices of compensation offered to donors of substances of human origin at hospitals or procurement organisations.
  • A decision in favour of a limited ban on these grounds would not primarily be based on the precautionary principle, but on the routine procedure for dealing with toxic chemical substances.
  • European Parliament resolution of 19 June 2008 on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia
  • having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2008 on the routine killing of civilians in placecountry-regionSomalia (T6-0313/2008),
  • having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2008 on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia,
  • Mikel Irujo Amezaga, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (
  • Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (
  • Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (
  • Juan Fraile Cantón, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia (
  • having regard to its resolutions on the situation in Somalia, particularly that of 15 November 2007 on Somalia and that of 19 June 2008 on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia,

Alternatives:

  • on the schedule
  • on the agenda
  • on the list

in the routine

This phrase is not commonly used in English.

The preposition "in" is not typically used with the noun "routine."
  • Obviously, there's a bit of a glitch in the routine.
  • Even Liberty's husband, Ray Ray, was in the routine.
  • There was also a small increase in fasting blood glucose and in total cholesterol in duloxetine-treated patients while those laboratory tests showed a slight decrease in the routine care group.
  • Even Liberty's husband, Ray Ray, was in the routine.
  • Although no clinically significant serum chloride increase has been observed in the clinical studies, serum chloride should be monitored as is done in the routine follow-up of a dialysis patient.
  • The chief executive or members of the board of executive directors shall not be empowered to assume direct or indirect responsibility in the routine operations of any other establishment of the vertically integrated company.
  • either [II.4.4. All of the animals have reacted with negative results in the routine tests referred to in points II.4.1 and II.4.2 carried out on samples referred to in point II.4.3.]
  • I suspect what he really needs ~ is help in organising the routine.
  • Mr President, the European Parliament was quite right to become fully involved in monitoring the routine transfer of European Union citizens' personal data to the United States.
  • The old key in the quiff routine.
  • Add in the new routines I've been writing.
  • And So He Spent An Entire Summer Immersed In The Solitary Routines Of A Young Gentleman.
  • It would seem, though, that a couple of bits of information in the everyday routine do not work.
  • And before long, you realize all you have in common is the routine.
  • But I'm here to testify I'm less afraid of getting shanked in my back than the routine.
  • Your man-in-the-suit routine doesn't exactly play.
  • - Don't give me... ...the babe-in-the-woods routine.
  • I stress this yet again because it is a fact which is sometimes overlooked in the daily routine of EU politics.
  • Don't give me the babe in the woods routine.
  • The remainder of subjects in the SPS received routine safety monitoring, but were not provided report cards.

Alternatives:

  • as part of the routine
  • within the routine
  • during the routine

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