bog-standard
adjective
British, informal
: having no special or interesting qualities : average
a bog-standard speech
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The vacuum part seems to be a bog-standard Roomba, complete with a charging base that can empty the dust bin.
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 28 Aug. 2023
The notion that those programs are drivers of the federal debt is also a bog-standard GOP talking point.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Economically speaking, Trump largely acted as a bog-standard Republican, cutting taxes, weakening worker protections, benefiting the wealthy and corporations at every turn.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
Trump, moreover, has had success running against hard-line, bog-standard Republican positions on entitlements and trade, among other things.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
The other is a bog-standard attack on her pro-worker advocacy.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
France already fined TikTok €5 million earlier this year over an unrelated issue about cookie consent, but there’s a difference between such bog-standard privacy violations and those involving millions of children.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 28 Aug. 2023
The notion that those programs are drivers of the federal debt is also a bog-standard GOP talking point.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Economically speaking, Trump largely acted as a bog-standard Republican, cutting taxes, weakening worker protections, benefiting the wealthy and corporations at every turn.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
Trump, moreover, has had success running against hard-line, bog-standard Republican positions on entitlements and trade, among other things.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
The other is a bog-standard attack on her pro-worker advocacy.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
France already fined TikTok €5 million earlier this year over an unrelated issue about cookie consent, but there’s a difference between such bog-standard privacy violations and those involving millions of children.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
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