standard-issue
adjective
stan·dard-is·sue
ˈstan-dərd-ˈi-(ˌ)shü 
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another standard-issue thriller with a man on the run desperately trying to find the baddie who framed him for murder
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One is a fear of STDs; another is standard-issue performance anxiety.
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Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As biopic subjects go, Franz Kafka is resistant to standard-issue treatment on a number of levels — beginning with the fact that his life, short and largely uncelebrated in its time, wasn’t especially remarkable.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Whitehouse’s politics are those of a standard-issue progressive Democrat from the East Coast.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s more heft here than in standard-issue showbiz memoirs: Mamet’s struggles with self-doubt and self-definition resonate, and her jokes land more like attempts at maintaining good humor in the face of a cruel world than pure silliness.
—Book Marks
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As biopic subjects go, Franz Kafka is resistant to standard-issue treatment on a number of levels — beginning with the fact that his life, short and largely uncelebrated in its time, wasn’t especially remarkable.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Whitehouse’s politics are those of a standard-issue progressive Democrat from the East Coast.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s more heft here than in standard-issue showbiz memoirs: Mamet’s struggles with self-doubt and self-definition resonate, and her jokes land more like attempts at maintaining good humor in the face of a cruel world than pure silliness.
—Book Marks
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for standard-issue
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“Standard-issue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard-issue. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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