no ordinary

idiom

: special or unusual
It was no ordinary day.

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But the Nelsons — Lukas and his dad, the outlaw country forefather Willie — are no ordinary family. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025 Strikingly, beasts in the apocrypha, beginning with the ox and ass, often seem to realize that Jesus is no ordinary child before human characters do. Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025 The aircraft—loud, powerful, unmistakably military—made clear this was no ordinary team trip. Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025 Emma Mazzenga is no ordinary 92-year-old. Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no ordinary

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“No ordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20ordinary. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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