as in worker
an average or ordinary man
despite his superstar status, in his movies the actor is able to play the role of an everyman quite convincingly
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Recent Examples of everyman
Yet the very-not-everyman golfers are always within an arm’s length, milling about the grounds like weekend duffers.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.
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Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
There’s Lewis Pullman, continuing to work his own dad’s charming everyman appeal.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
In Joe Mantello’s staggering new production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 American tragedy, self-deluded everyman Willy Loman (Lane) gets lost in the funhouse mirror of his life, haunted by the squandered potential of both him and his son, Biff (the revelatory Christopher Abbott).
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.
—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
There’s Lewis Pullman, continuing to work his own dad’s charming everyman appeal.
—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
In Joe Mantello’s staggering new production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 American tragedy, self-deluded everyman Willy Loman (Lane) gets lost in the funhouse mirror of his life, haunted by the squandered potential of both him and his son, Biff (the revelatory Christopher Abbott).
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for everyman
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In reality, though, most workers don’t get to retire on their own terms.
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Protests, backed by workers unions, farmers and supporters of former President Evo Morales, are demanding Paz resign.
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John Doe, who was formerly known as Camden 9B, has been identified as Private John Pumphrey, a teen from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, who joined the Revolutionary War in January 1777.
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At one point, Cutaia enlisted his wife to contact John Doe #1 of his behalf and demand an immediate cash infusion after he was busted for erratic diving in Indiana.
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Under secret balloting, someone might say, hey, here is $5 to vote for Joe Blow, but the voter could take the money and go into the curtained voting booth and vote for Bill Smith.
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For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.
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Filipino laborers came to Mexico via colonialism, and adapted and adopted champoy with spices and chilies from Mexico to become chamoy.
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Rich leather straps, an edgy lug sole, metal logos, and a grippy outsole come together in this chunky platform shoe.
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High-traction lug outsoles effortlessly traverse muddy terrain, too.
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“Everyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everyman. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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