commonplaceness

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Noun
  • 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
  • The wrinkle in this case is that many remember 2016 both as a hellish tragedy and the last gasp of anything like normality.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2026
  • There have been no signs of protests for days in Tehran, where shopping and street life have returned to outward normality, though a week-old internet blackout continued.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That insurance plays such a material role in shaping Simon’s dilemma is a lovely bit of mundanity.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • The biggest enemy of scientific progress isn’t groupthink at all, despite the commonness of this accusation.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ordinariness of their relationship made the moment feel even more special.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Robert’s ordinariness doesn’t change.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Next, when merit is unearned, inclusion advocates can balance considerations of merit and fairness.
    Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Now, the City Council has passed the GUARD Act, creating an Office of Algorithmic Data Accountability to oversee fairness and transparency in city agencies’ AI tools.
    AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But there also is a sense of the Heat wanting off this hamster wheel of mediocrity, positioned for what would be a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Restaging the experience meant showing consumers what was once believed as the only way was simply a level of mediocrity bore from never asking for more.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Commonplaceness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonplaceness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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