no ordinary

idiom

: special or unusual
It was no ordinary day.

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Set in a dreamlike alternative reality, Clarke’s novel tells the story of Piranesi, whose house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 June 2025 Merrill, the Padres believed, was no ordinary 19-year-old. Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Simon Cowell and Sofía Vergara are back for another season of America’s Got Talent on NBC, but this is no ordinary season; this is the landmark 20th season of the talent competition. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 May 2025 But this shark tooth the little girl picked up was no ordinary shark tooth. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 22 May 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 18 Jun. 2025.

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