mundaneness

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Recent Examples of mundaneness Charles Wylie, the museum’s curator of photography, says the exhibit highlights the centrality of the Black experience in American history, from the tragedies to the mundaneness of family life. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundaneness
Noun
  • The events are thrilling only in their pure mundanity.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The post garnered lots of attention, especially from people who noted the mundanity of the story.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shared fairness makes today’s agreements durable and pleasant.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Austin-Gatson emphasized that Georgia's current system — primaries followed by general elections — allows voters to better evaluate candidates and ensures fairness in the process.
    CBS Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The rising cost of fuel is forcing some residents to change their daily routines.
    Austin Carter, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Recent personal updates might ripple through your routines, rooms, and family expectations, making all sorts of waves along the way.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Mundaneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundaneness. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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