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as in normal
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
the once-powerful hurricane eventually abated into just a garden-variety tropical storm
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as in usual
often observed or encountered
the bakery's extravagant creations are not your garden-variety wedding cakes
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Recent Examples of garden-variety
All of which might be dismissed as garden-variety conspiracy, not to mention being beyond the organizational capacity of the Democratic Party.
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Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
This will not be your garden-variety sports labor dispute.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
Sure, there are your garden-variety influencers with their performative prossecco and rental resortwear, but these guests don’t announce their net worth—because their wears do it for them.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Underneath, a few key upgrades set it apart from the garden-variety wagon.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
In a career spanning six decades, Weir was key to developing the Grateful Dead from garden-variety psychedelic rockers as the Warlocks to godfathers of the jam band genre.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2026
Some point to the usual suspects — the Illuminati, Bohemian Grove, garden-variety Satanists.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
But Tatum is more than just your garden-variety charmer.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
This will not be your garden-variety sports labor dispute.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
Sure, there are your garden-variety influencers with their performative prossecco and rental resortwear, but these guests don’t announce their net worth—because their wears do it for them.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Underneath, a few key upgrades set it apart from the garden-variety wagon.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
In a career spanning six decades, Weir was key to developing the Grateful Dead from garden-variety psychedelic rockers as the Warlocks to godfathers of the jam band genre.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2026
Some point to the usual suspects — the Illuminati, Bohemian Grove, garden-variety Satanists.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
But Tatum is more than just your garden-variety charmer.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garden-variety
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Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, said Trump’s attempts to bypass the normal confirmation processes are unconstitutional.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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According to the study, it is encoded in the internal structure of the remnant through what physicists call quasi-normal modes.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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The deeper layers of your soul may feel much nearer to the surface than usual.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
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With speed on the right wing as essentially a pure winger rather than her usual right-back role, Oke gave Reign’s defense fits, especially when another midfielder joined and created overloads.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Events like this have begun to feel ordinary—recurring evidence of the mismatch between aging infrastructure and an emerging ecological reality.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The judge said that conduct, as described in the complaint, could rise above ordinary discipline and implicate a constitutional violation of the student's right to bodily integrity.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Swipe it through the hummus, balanced in tahini and lemon, and mulchy muhammara twanging with pomegranate molasses, and casik, the Turkish variation of the region’s ubiquitous herbed yogurt and cucumber dip.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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These ubiquitous quick-service, genre-defying restaurants are capturing the attention of global travelers.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As noted earlier, Form 1099-K is the typical reporting form gig workers receive from platforms that handle the collection of payments from customers and transfer the worker’s share to them.—
Annette Nellen,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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So far, the WGA has only disclosed to members that the provisional agreement will span four years rather than the union’s typical three.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2026
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What first appeared to be a common job-interview phishing campaign ultimately revealed a hack so widespread and easy to replicate that investigators fear irreversible damage.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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For years, the sight of a dark streetlight was all too common in the city.—
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Numbers began to skyrocket around the time of the Artemis II launch on April 1st, peaking at around 12,434 at time of writing— a huge jump against the game's standard average player count, which hovers around 3,000 to 4,000.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The payments cover a 20% additional tax burden triggered by the IRS when an executive collects more than three times their average total compensation.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Fresh off the global success of KPop Demon Hunters, the film’s vocal stars are bringing their fandom full circle with a new collaboration that turns a familiar fast-food run into an immersive experience.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The arguments in Madigan’s case had a familiar ring in a state where the line between legal politics and bribery has always seemed a blurry one.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Garden-variety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garden-variety. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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