as in normal
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
another standard-issue thriller with a man on the run desperately trying to find the baddie who framed him for murder
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Recent Examples of standard-issue
This is among the reasons why compounding is usually reserved for special circumstances—say, for a patient who can’t tolerate a standard-issue medicine, or when there’s not enough of the genuine good to meet patient demand.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Otherwise a standard-issue suburb, East Aurora was the home of a utopian Arts and Crafts guild, the Roycrofters.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The touchpad and keyboard felt standard-issue but comfortable.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 June 2025
The only water on a hump was the amount our standard-issue canteens could hold.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Otherwise a standard-issue suburb, East Aurora was the home of a utopian Arts and Crafts guild, the Roycrofters.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The touchpad and keyboard felt standard-issue but comfortable.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 June 2025
The only water on a hump was the amount our standard-issue canteens could hold.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-issue
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Newsweek contacted Johnson by email to comment on this story outside of normal business hours.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Vitamins and some foods can change the shade, and your first pee of the morning will almost always be darker — that’s normal.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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In her usual soft-spoken British accent, she was known for balancing the grim realities of the climate crisis with a sincere message of hope for the future.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Messi, who was denied by the post in the first half but who struggled to make his usual impact, walked off the field and straight to the locker room at the final whistle without stopping for any of the usual handshakes or greetings.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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This fungus, usually seen as an ordinary decomposer, shows a remarkable ability to grow into hydrogels, the materials that hold water and mimic the softness of human tissue.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Glennon, vice president, national accounts at OEC Group, noted that there wasn’t the typical peak season this year.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The buck has 14 points and rough scores as a non-typical at 184 inches.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Residents here have above average educational backgrounds and the higher incomes that accompany them.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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While the average cruise length is around seven days, short sailings can pack an entire vacation’s worth of fun into a mid-week getaway or long weekend.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Switching to pricier papers specifically designed for inkjets can boost an ink tank printer's text quality and line graphics to at least match a laser, but the different paper types have a noticeably different feel than standard plain paper.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The updates also underscore NVIDIA’s ambition to define the standard platform for building general-purpose robots, especially humanoids, which demand precise physics and complex reasoning to function in human environments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Creative accounting, of course, has a long history of cropping up during a boom, a tradition dating far back, to the Gilded Age when inflating assets, understating liabilities, and bribery were commonplace.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Police called for assaults, contraband Records show violence at Lookout Mountain was commonplace.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Standard-issue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standard-issue. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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