commonplaceness

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Noun
  • 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
  • Strength in this area transcends all career levels and separates excellence from normality.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Omar’s office is characterized by pristine normality — with its glass walls and desktop computers, its phones and its headsets.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Most major celebrities or pop artists will tell you their lives are spent in a glass cage, and yearn for mundanity as much as some pine for fame.
    Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2025
  • None of the ensemble really bursts out, grounded down by the mundanity of the approach, which has to be by design.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.
    Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There is something about that ordinariness that is extraordinary.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And, in complete fairness, the Dodgers seemed pretty comfortable, as demonstrated by manager Dave Roberts’ failed foot race.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In fairness to Ross, all of his hiring cycles have been painful.
    Omar Kelly October 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Canvas Stadium has become a $220 million monument to mediocrity.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The hospitality industry is at a point where mediocrity often masquerades as success.
    Ascend Agency, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Commonplaceness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonplaceness. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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