common or garden

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of common or garden There [are a] lot of common or garden-variety Democrats who don't understand what the DNC does. Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 28 May 2020 Instead, the inciting incidents are all common or garden-variety romantic mishaps — infidelity, unplanned pregnancies, feelings undeclared lest they're not requited. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2020 Hoes and other weeding tools The common or garden hoe is great for breaking up and grading loose soil but not so good for weeding. Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for common or garden
Adjective
  • This is an excellent day for business and commercial ventures, because your objectives and goals are clearer to you than usual.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 June 2025
  • Lawmakers’ home addresses have already been removed from the Minnesota Legislature’s website, and the Capitol saw a larger security presence than usual this week.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 18 June 2025
  • A lot can happen in 20-plus years: careers can rise and fall, empires can crumble under their own weight, cult fan favorites can give birth to money-minting franchises, a minor horror subgenre can suddenly become ubiquitous.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Tick bites are most common in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest, with much of the region considered high risk for Lyme disease.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 June 2025
  • The bodysuit may be the most common item of clothing to wear under a see-through dress.
    Bianca Lambert, Glamour, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • This incremental model allows firms to evolve while maintaining familiar strategies.
    Seth Price, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • No new president, whether a Democrat, a more traditional Republican, or a Trump disciple, will have the option of returning to the familiar approaches of the post–Cold War era.
    REBECCA LISSNER, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • This was commonplace for the time, but on this particular evening, the patrons of the bar fought back, starting the Stonewall Riots, which went on for days.
    Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 17 June 2025
  • As a result, many of today’s recent college graduates seem to espouse an ideological worldview where antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment have now become commonplace.
    Ron Morganstern, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Her exercises, lifted from decades of performance scores, are designed to turn ordinary acts into meditative rituals.
    Ellen O'Connell Whittet June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
  • Unlike ordinary memory supplements, Neuriva Memory 3D has clinically tested ingredients to support three dimensions of memory: short-term, long-term and working.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sources of 2023 household debt in the US include: Credit Cards: $1.13 trillion Mortgage: $12.25 trillion Auto Loans: 1.61 trillion Student Loans: $1.6 trillion Outstanding balances also include debt from retail credit cards, consumer loans and other non-household expenses.
    Kara Nelson, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Hancock said in the statement that his family canceled their traditional multi-household Thanksgiving celebration.
    NBC News, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020
Adjective
  • Both the head coach and general manager have two years remaining on their contracts with the Packers.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Bosa consultant Schmidt Design Group will then come up with the park’s design, and a general development plan is expected to go before San Diego’s Parks and Recreation Board in the fall.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025

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“Common or garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20or%20garden. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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