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Noun
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The everydayness of these items may also hold clues to their draw.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Epic narratives worthy of a novel, as well as anecdotes of the quiet everydayness of everyday things, both grounding and inspiring.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Away from the track, Friedrich is a working police officer, adding an air of normality to an all-time great athlete.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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But after such an odd week to start F1’s on-track running in 2026, some normality will resume in two weeks at the first Bahrain test.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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That insurance plays such a material role in shaping Simon’s dilemma is a lovely bit of mundanity.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2026
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The places on this list offer both nights for a big splurge and options for daily dishes with enough exit velocity to escape the mundanity of everyday life.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Dec. 2025
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At the same time, Tacitus points readers to the prevalence and thus the normalization and commonness of this rhetoric, which can become an inseparable corollary of a program of making war.—
Timothy Joseph,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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The biggest enemy of scientific progress isn’t groupthink at all, despite the commonness of this accusation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
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Metcalf and Pullman are both wonderful in their shuffling ordinariness, reenacting long-obsolete parental dynamics with a kind of rueful, hopeful denial.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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This is a childhood that had all its ordinariness burned out of it by the linking of even seemingly trivial gestures (an offering of candy, a bath, a swim, the dust in a corner of a room) to an entire array of physical and mental agonies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hochul’s proposals restore fairness to a legal system that has become a magnet for abusive and excessive litigation.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The company continues evolving its practices, prioritizing work that supports inclusive leaders, ensures pay fairness, and strengthens Employee Business Networks (EBNs).—
Sona Khosla,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Restoring Notre Dame to greatness Before Holtz arrived in South Bend, Notre Dame was wallowing in mediocrity — a mere shell of the program built on a foundation of Knute Rockne, Ara Parseghian, the Golden Dome and Touchdown Jesus.—
Eric Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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No one familiar with the Islamic Republic will be surprised that the whole system was riddled with people who believed in nothing but their own enrichment and survival, and who achieved their exalted positions through mediocrity.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Commonplaceness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonplaceness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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