run-of-the-mill
adjective
Synonyms
Examples of run-of-the-mill in a Sentence
just another run-of-the-mill suburb with its shopping malls and fast-food restaurants
his latest offering is rather run-of-the-mill for this usually excellent novelist
Recent Examples on the Web
Purchasing a run-of-the-mill Patek can be a rather onerous process, so being allowed to purchase a rare piece like the Grandmaster Chime is nigh on impossible, even for the super rich.
—
Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
Brand said even run-of-the-mill, white collar cases he’s been involved in can take years to go to trial.
—USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
What the secular calendar does that your run-of-the-mill perpetual calendar can’t is skip the leap year at the top of each century, which our calendar must do to account for orbital anomalies.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Malicious hacks and ransomware attacks, not to mention run-of-the-mill software failures, are like the weather now: partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of your app crashing or your personal information being circulated on the Dark Web.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
There are your run-of-the-mill, garden variety NBA blowouts.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Much of the time, though, run-of-the-mill defenders of animal welfare have ended up with the short straw.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
Dark Matter could seem like run-of-the-mill prestige TV—adapted from a bestselling book (by Blake Crouch), noir-ish in look and tone—except its cut-above cast raises the stakes.
—Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Its sound design is cacophonous, emphasizing every footstep, breath and gunshot to a disorienting degree, despite being rooted in the POV of characters whose hearing, and whose relationship to atmospheric sound, is ostensibly run-of-the-mill.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
Brand said even run-of-the-mill, white collar cases he’s been involved in can take years to go to trial.
—USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
What the secular calendar does that your run-of-the-mill perpetual calendar can’t is skip the leap year at the top of each century, which our calendar must do to account for orbital anomalies.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Malicious hacks and ransomware attacks, not to mention run-of-the-mill software failures, are like the weather now: partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of your app crashing or your personal information being circulated on the Dark Web.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
There are your run-of-the-mill, garden variety NBA blowouts.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Much of the time, though, run-of-the-mill defenders of animal welfare have ended up with the short straw.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
Dark Matter could seem like run-of-the-mill prestige TV—adapted from a bestselling book (by Blake Crouch), noir-ish in look and tone—except its cut-above cast raises the stakes.
—Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Its sound design is cacophonous, emphasizing every footstep, breath and gunshot to a disorienting degree, despite being rooted in the POV of characters whose hearing, and whose relationship to atmospheric sound, is ostensibly run-of-the-mill.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'run-of-the-mill.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to run-of-the-mill
Dictionary Entries Near run-of-the-mill
Cite this Entry
“Run-of-the-mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-of-the-mill. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share