variants
or run-of-mine
as in decent
of average to below average quality
so far, the job posting has attracted only run-of-the-mine applicants
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Recent Examples of run-of-the-mine
The longest shots made with the .270 were on red lechwe, a swamp-dwelling antelope about as heavy as a run-of-the-mine mule deer.
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-of-the-mine
Adjective
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There is still a decent spread amongst model guidance, but a track farther north would result in a better chance of severe weather, while a track farther south would lead to more general rain showers and thunderstorms.—
Trey Fulbright,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Accompaniment assigns first priority to those in greatest need and those most likely to be left out of dignified and decent treatment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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The company’s founders say the idea came from watching ordinary people struggle to access opportunities that increasingly depended on technical knowledge.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Late Thursday, the plaintiffs filed a motion asking the court to order the Pentagon to resume its ordinary review process for new wind energy projects.—
Jennifer McDermott,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Iran hawks and an array of dissidents and mainstream voices within the Republican Party have cast doubt on whether the agreement secured satisfactory concessions from Iran.—
Matthew Kelly
Updated June 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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In several tweets shared to X on Monday, June 15, the 44-year-old former professional soccer player called out the company for allegedly delaying a flight and not resolving the issue in a satisfactory manner.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Hand-rolled with tobaccos grown higher than 3,500 feet above sea level on Plasencia’s Finca San Julián in Condega, the cigar has a café con crema aroma and medium-plus flavors of grass and leather, accented by a natural sweetness locked into the higher-elevation leaves.—
Richard Carleton Hacker,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
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The new variant is tailored to launch medium-class satellites at lower cost than the heavier version of the H3 with two or four strap-on boosters.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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The most common way to enrich uranium is by spinning uranium gas in a centrifuge, where lighter U-235 separates from the heavier U-238.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The most common reason was to make more money.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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The game was pretty mediocre aside from the very beginning and the very end, when Qatar’s injury-time equalizer was met with a shocked wave of sound from the large lawn, but again, no one really seemed to mind.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Usually bad Red Sox teams tend to have good to mediocre lineups and poor pitching and defense.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Our son, now in his late 40s, was indifferent to his father’s decline.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Authoritarian regimes are not indifferent to domestic political constraints.—
Alexis Montambault-Trudelle,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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Juneteenth Atlanta is the official Juneteenth celebration for the city, and includes a 5k run, a health fair, vendors a parade and more.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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The fair counter is that Bitcoin's institutional ownership base is still maturing, and that the ETF inflows from 2024 and 2025 have brought in investors who treat it as a growth/speculative allocation rather than a monetary hedge.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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“Run-of-the-mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run-of-the-mine. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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