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Recent Examples of mundanity
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.
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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
That insurance plays such a material role in shaping Simon’s dilemma is a lovely bit of mundanity.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
The places on this list offer both nights for a big splurge and options for daily dishes with enough exit velocity to escape the mundanity of everyday life.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
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
Breaking up the mundanity and chaos of any day by disappearing into a Broadway performance is always a good move.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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
That insurance plays such a material role in shaping Simon’s dilemma is a lovely bit of mundanity.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
The places on this list offer both nights for a big splurge and options for daily dishes with enough exit velocity to escape the mundanity of everyday life.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
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
Breaking up the mundanity and chaos of any day by disappearing into a Broadway performance is always a good move.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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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Clearly, commercial shipping companies (specifically their insurers) will be hesitant to return to normality.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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The price of crude oil fell by more than 15% after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the war in Iran, but analysts warn that prices remain inflated compared to their pre-war levels and will take more time to return to normality.—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Forget the ordinariness of my face, the tip of the scar that peeks out of my sleeve.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lane, though, not only captures Willy’s ordinariness and his ubiquity, which is no small achievement for so famous an actor, but also his optimism, his foundational, near-Trumpian belief in a coming Very Big Deal for either him or his sons.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 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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Despite how difficult sitting through the case was, the jurors commended Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez for her fairness — and lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin for fighting so hard for Quatisha.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Roberts said that, in fairness to the department, any database as large as the one handled by the Department of Revenue can create problems.—
Ben Wheeler
April 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Mundanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundanity. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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