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Recent Examples of unextraordinary
Animated Short: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse My Year of Dicks is certainly the nominee with the most provocative title, but the film is episodic and its animation unextraordinary.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman.
—Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2022
The Swimmers finds the beauty in a seemingly unextraordinary life.
—Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman.
—Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2022
The Swimmers finds the beauty in a seemingly unextraordinary life.
—Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unextraordinary
Adjective
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Two unremarkable-looking middle-aged women came in from the street and approached Eileen at the front desk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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More than 7,000 of them remain, ranging from unremarkable piles of rocks to complex towers, each one carefully documented on an interactive online map.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The typical lifespan of a tire pressure monitoring sensor (TPMS) battery is about 7–10 years.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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At NBCUniversal’s upfront on May 11, as has become typical for this time of year, Bravo flooded the zone.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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After replanting, or if the roots look normal, keep the soil moist.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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But not the average, normal citizen workers.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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By evening, the Aries Moon moves through your 9th House of Expansion, stirring adventure, passion, and plans that stretch beyond the ordinary.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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But there is a big difference between ordinary political competition and a coordinated national effort to purge state lawmakers for exercising independent judgment on a matter before their own legislature.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Now, 18 months on and still only 19, Canvot has established himself as a regular Premier League starter with Crystal Palace.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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For humans, regular cycles of dark and light support sleep, navigation and overall well-being.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Also, why would weather conditions be mentioned as a factor, when the weather on the days of the count was unexceptional — cold at times, warm at others — and the count is always held in late January?—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
5 May 2026
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Peralta’s season got off to a solid yet unexceptional start.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The irony is that Ashby was the stand-in for France’s usual wing trimmer, the British sailor Leigh McMillan, who is still recovering from an injury at the Auckland SailGP event in February.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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But Brunson, as usual, was sublime, wrong-footing the 76ers over and over with his staccato moves and magnetized shots.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Similarly, the cast wrings some poetry out of the prosaic, often aphoristic dialogue.—
Robert Lloyd,
Houston Chronicle,
1 May 2026
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But what Danielson says was intended as a symbolic protest escalated dramatically amid paranoid fantasies, prosaic miscommunications, and the false report of a gun.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unextraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unextraordinary. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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