1
as in ordinary
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
just another run-of-the-mill suburb with its shopping malls and fast-food restaurants
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as in decent
of average to below average quality
his latest offering is rather run-of-the-mill for this usually excellent novelist
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Recent Examples of run-of-the-mill
This isn't your run-of-the-mill minivan, far from it.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Movie sets, although perhaps more glamorous than offices, factories, or any other run-of-the-mill workplaces, are governed by the same employment laws and must provide the same employee protections as any other workplace.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Most run-of-the-mill thong-style sandals come with flimsy, thin soles, and rock-hard plastic toe separators, leaving problem-prone feet sore, raw, and in way worse shape than before.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
But that ideal future can’t happen if the forces guiding it have such narrow vision as to schedule random, run-of-the-mill league fixtures against their sport’s version of Super Bowl Sunday.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Movie sets, although perhaps more glamorous than offices, factories, or any other run-of-the-mill workplaces, are governed by the same employment laws and must provide the same employee protections as any other workplace.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Most run-of-the-mill thong-style sandals come with flimsy, thin soles, and rock-hard plastic toe separators, leaving problem-prone feet sore, raw, and in way worse shape than before.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
But that ideal future can’t happen if the forces guiding it have such narrow vision as to schedule random, run-of-the-mill league fixtures against their sport’s version of Super Bowl Sunday.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-of-the-mill
Adjective
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Her exercises, lifted from decades of performance scores, are designed to turn ordinary acts into meditative rituals.—
Ellen O'Connell Whittet
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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Unlike ordinary memory supplements, Neuriva Memory 3D has clinically tested ingredients to support three dimensions of memory: short-term, long-term and working.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Building a high-functioning AI agent isn’t cheap: from $5,000 at the low end to upwards of $20,000 just to get something decent off the ground.—
Brando Murphy,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Start by rolling them on a countertop with a decent amount of pressure; doing so helps release the lemon juice from its membranes.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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This means that some particles will decay in the normal world while their counterparts in the mirror would not.—
Zack Savitsky,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
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On Tuesdays, theater tickets at Cinemark Century Folsom 7 cost $5.50, compared to the normal ticket price of $10.99.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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To begin with, bombardment is unlikely to lead to a satisfactory outcome.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2025
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At highway cruising speed, the SUV is satisfactory.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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This is an excellent day for business and commercial ventures, because your objectives and goals are clearer to you than usual.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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Did Bill Plaschke ghost-write these letters with his usual accurate predictions/suggestions?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Harrison, the key player for the Red Sox insofar as immediate return, has been a mediocre (4.48 ERA in 35 starts) mid-rotation starter for the Giants.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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While the pressure will be on for Switzerland to improve their mediocre tournament record, there is only one way to make diamonds (hint: starts with p and ends in ressure).—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Temperatures will be around 87 degrees, which is typical for this time of year in the metro.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
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Though on the surface the blazing, barking vocals and triple-time speed of the track are seemingly at odds with the Foos’ typical mix of pop hooks and radio-friendly rock, the cover makes perfect sense given Grohl’s punk rock pedigree.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 July 2025
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The bodysuit may be the most common item of clothing to wear under a see-through dress.—
Bianca Lambert,
Glamour,
24 June 2025
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The most common strains found in frozen yogurt are Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
24 June 2025
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“Run-of-the-mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run-of-the-mill. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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