1
as in normal
having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind
typical behavior for a two-year-old
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as in characteristic
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
when I asked what he had learned in school that day, he gave me the typical answer of teenagers: "I don't know"
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Recent Examples of typical
Yet the typical renter here falls 40% short, earning just $21.81 an hour.
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Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
While these 14 metros reported a drop in prices in the four weeks ending on July 27, at the national level the median sale price of a typical U.S. home rose 2 percent from a year earlier, according to Redfin.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
In Garden City, a predominantly white suburb on New York's Long Island with a median home value of around $1 million, a typical residential tax bill is around $10,000 to $15,000, property data shows.
—ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
The typical Lowcountry boil, also known as Frogmore Stew or Beaufort Stew, contains seafood, pork sausage and lots of butter.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
While these 14 metros reported a drop in prices in the four weeks ending on July 27, at the national level the median sale price of a typical U.S. home rose 2 percent from a year earlier, according to Redfin.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
In Garden City, a predominantly white suburb on New York's Long Island with a median home value of around $1 million, a typical residential tax bill is around $10,000 to $15,000, property data shows.
—ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
The typical Lowcountry boil, also known as Frogmore Stew or Beaufort Stew, contains seafood, pork sausage and lots of butter.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for typical
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As climate extremes become the new normal and other demand pressures rise, modernizing grid components with U.S.-made technology is essential.—
Shaun Walsh,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Your body then releases a hormone called insulin to help bring your blood sugar levels back down to normal.—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
6 Aug. 2025
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In early-stage disease with the characteristic rash, doctors often begin treatment immediately without waiting for test results, as early treatment is most effective.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Because chemicals absorb and emit light at characteristic wavelengths, when light from a parent star passes through a planet's atmosphere, the molecules in that atmosphere leave their telltale fingerprints in the spectrum of starlight.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
31 July 2025
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The average team is worth $7.13 billion, up 20% from a year ago.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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For Steele, the trip was markedly different from the average — massive camera crew aside — in both practical and intangible ways.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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The robber was seen in the surveillance footage wearing distinctive blue and white high-top shoes, the affidavit states.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Aug. 2025
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The use of these distinctive ingredients has helped make Delfin one of just a handful of expedition lines that are part of Relais & Châteaux, a hospitality collective known for culinary prowess.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2025
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The service will offer live Spanish soccer on Saturday nights as part of standard subscriptions, featuring clubs like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Determining the fate of the equity held by McKenna, who died in 2023, was not a standard NFL stake sale.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Cutting this rate encourages economic activity in two distinct ways.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Old Farmer's Almanac, distinct from the Farmers' Almanac, claims an 80% accuracy rate for its weather predictions.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The band pivoted away from its usual production partners, and instead linked up with indie powerhouse Catherine Marks, who recently won a Grammy for her production on Boygenius’ 2023 album The Record.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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The other Sisters and senior novices—including Sister Yoshi—would go out on their usual factory chaperone duties with their student groups after the dismissal of the chōrei assembly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Gilded Age has been a true word-of-mouth phenomenon.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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These personal histories are brilliantly distilled in his biopic of Japanese terrorist Satoshi Kirishima, who, as one of the country’s most wanted men, successfully evaded capture for nearly 50 years before revealing his true identity on his deathbed.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Typical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typical. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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