no ordinary

idiom

: special or unusual
It was no ordinary day.

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But Ice Cube's character William Radford in War of the Worlds has no ordinary job. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Basketball in The Longest Yard Paul Crewe is no ordinary inmate: The former NFL quarterback’s career ended when he was accused of shaving points, but, years later, a drunk-driving incident lands him in prison. Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025 Trump alone can fix it In the eyes of the MAGA faithful, Trump is no ordinary politician. Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 24 July 2025 This was no ordinary headache after all, leaving Nolan frightened of what could be wrong. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 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 Aug. 2025.

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