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Recent Examples of mundanity
Belc is a thoroughly charming narrator of everything from finding meaning in the work of Deb Perelman and Ina Garten to parenting as a trans man to the maddening and joyful mundanity of running a household.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
The subtlety and mundanity of life is funny enough.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
The mid-aughts photo’s enduring appeal is, partly, its mundanity.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Waymo’s self-driving cars have achieved mundanity on the streets of cities like Austin and Los Angeles, with London their next stop.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
The Timberwolves lollygagged through the regular season, looking like a team that was above the mundanity of 82 games.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Its combination of inventiveness and mundanity reminds him of the early films of the Lumière brothers, who paved the way for modern cinema with their invention of the cinematograph.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
The subtlety and mundanity of life is funny enough.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
The mid-aughts photo’s enduring appeal is, partly, its mundanity.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Waymo’s self-driving cars have achieved mundanity on the streets of cities like Austin and Los Angeles, with London their next stop.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
The Timberwolves lollygagged through the regular season, looking like a team that was above the mundanity of 82 games.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Its combination of inventiveness and mundanity reminds him of the early films of the Lumière brothers, who paved the way for modern cinema with their invention of the cinematograph.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundanity
Noun
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The everydayness of these items may also hold clues to their draw.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
Noun
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But normality is gauged by behavior, an individual’s social life.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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And, in the period since, a sense of normality has returned.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Is there a positive case for being ordinary—a reason to actively pursue ordinariness, regardless of whether being great is overrated?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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The very ordinariness of the image in the picture that Constable had painted had been a block to his professional advancement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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In fairness, the NBA’s young stars usually experience playoff failure before hoisting a championship trophy.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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In fairness to RoboClown, that kid was standing directly in the path of its kicks.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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“Mundanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundanity. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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