garden-variety
adjective
gar·den-va·ri·e·ty
ˈgär-dᵊn-və-ˈrī-ə-tē 
Examples of garden-variety in a Sentence
the once-powerful hurricane eventually abated into just a garden-variety tropical storm
the bakery's extravagant creations are not your garden-variety wedding cakes
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Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
But Tatum is more than just your garden-variety charmer.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
And yet, with this much interesting talent packed into one team, Chad Powers doesn’t quite sink to the level of a garden-variety disaster.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Faced with garden-variety brutal minutes rather than some of the toughest on record, Seider took a major step forward.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Robert Redford was not your garden-variety celebrity.
—Peter Biskind, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Naturally, there were adolescent woes, but likely only of the garden-variety.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Its capabilities and autonomy present a potent enterprise threat vector beyond the realm of garden-variety security concerns.
—Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
But Tatum is more than just your garden-variety charmer.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
And yet, with this much interesting talent packed into one team, Chad Powers doesn’t quite sink to the level of a garden-variety disaster.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Faced with garden-variety brutal minutes rather than some of the toughest on record, Seider took a major step forward.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Robert Redford was not your garden-variety celebrity.
—Peter Biskind, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Naturally, there were adolescent woes, but likely only of the garden-variety.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Its capabilities and autonomy present a potent enterprise threat vector beyond the realm of garden-variety security concerns.
—Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Garden-variety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garden-variety. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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