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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2
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
Plus, the up-front hardware costs (dish, router, and mounting) are higher than for a typical cable or fiber installation.
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
All portions of Ohio, including Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo, are predicted to have an equal chance of seeing typical seasonal temperatures during the winter.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
The typical game plan for the Bulldogs is to be balanced.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025
What’s your typical morning routine?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
All portions of Ohio, including Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo, are predicted to have an equal chance of seeing typical seasonal temperatures during the winter.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
The typical game plan for the Bulldogs is to be balanced.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025
What’s your typical morning routine?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for typical
Adjective
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Delays start to increase On Day 31 of the 2019 shutdown, 10% of TSA workers called in sick - triple the normal absence rate.—
Doyinsola Oladipo,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even though there were rumors about layoffs the day before, everything had seemed relatively normal.—
Lea Chen,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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That characteristic ionization marks a full-fledged planetary nebula.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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This gas then erupts from the shell of the comet, casting off solid dust and growing the halo around a comet, the coma, and its characteristic cometary tail.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sunderland have conceded the third-most shots in the division, but the average quality of those efforts has been low.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Combined with the loss of enhanced subsidies, some people could pay 114%, on average, more in premiums, Cox said.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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His legacy is alive and well in the nightclubs of Recife, the capital city, where couples dance to forró’s distinctive ringing of triangles and humming zabumba drum until the early hours.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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With 18 patterns in dinner, dessert, and mini sizes, these plates make your holiday table distinctive, sans the post-feast cleanup marathon.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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The early tickets are available for a number of formats, including IMAX, Digital 3D and 4DX, in addition to standard screenings.—
Tim Chan,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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That is $45,540 a year, meaning rent alone would take up roughly 54% of gross income—well above the standard 30% affordability threshold.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Maserati GranTurismo Folgore's exterior is distinct and aggressive.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Gold sought to make a similar point with Fuji – an album named for a distinct genre from Nigeria’s Yourba ethnic group that critics like Zikoko’s Tomide Marv have since claimed is largely absent from its tracklist.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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His usual producer, Nick Schwarz, took the first crack at it and cut a version that hit hard.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Across all household sizes, the SNAP reduction is roughly 49 percent—meaning households claiming the top amount will get about half of their usual monthly benefit in November.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the true freshman looked poised and undaunted, able to pick up a trio of fourth-down conversions with his arm and more positive yards with his legs.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Typical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typical. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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