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Recent Examples of workaday But for workaday journalists, the cost of a muted campaign is significant. Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020 Most of us are just workaday guys relying on a daily wage to support their families. Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 24 Mar. 2020 In that regard, at least, producer-director Stanley Nelson’s film does a service, introducing a general audience to Davis’ remarkable narrative, albeit in a mostly workaday fashion. Howard Reich, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2019 Fleck dreams of becoming a stand-up comic, but his workaday existence is anything but funny. John Wenzel, The Know, 3 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for workaday
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workaday
Adjective
  • Unlike ordinary memory supplements, Neuriva Memory 3D has clinically tested ingredients to support three dimensions of memory: short-term, long-term and working.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Her exercises, lifted from decades of performance scores, are designed to turn ordinary acts into meditative rituals.
    Ellen O'Connell Whittet June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • When in doubt, let machines hurdle the mundane—but save critical decisions, emotional moments and nuanced interactions for humans.
    Joel Frenette, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • In more mundane incidents during a flight, sitting near an emergency exit would allow passengers to disembark sooner than others.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Pair it with sneakers, sandals, flats, and more for a casual yet stylish everyday look.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • Will some casual fans who used to flip on a game at random drop off?
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • This means that some particles will decay in the normal world while their counterparts in the mirror would not.
    Zack Savitsky, Wired News, 22 June 2025
  • On Tuesdays, theater tickets at Cinemark Century Folsom 7 cost $5.50, compared to the normal ticket price of $10.99.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Maxo, on Mars Is Electric, also tinkers with his vocals more than ever, often pitching his voice up to make his everyday fears and anxieties a little distorted and conversational.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
  • Rare earths – essential in everything from everyday electronics to fighter jets – had become a key focus of trade frictions between the world’s two largest economies in recent weeks as their tit-for-tat tariff escalation morphed into a supply chain struggle.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Chris Jackson/Getty Images At one stage, the king had hoped for a more informal meeting in Scotland, where the royals spend their summer holiday.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The partnership was a crash course for them both: an informal academy with a class roster of two.
    Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • This is an excellent day for business and commercial ventures, because your objectives and goals are clearer to you than usual.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 June 2025
  • Lawmakers’ home addresses have already been removed from the Minnesota Legislature’s website, and the Capitol saw a larger security presence than usual this week.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Still, experts widely agree that the attack shares several characteristics typical of ransomware events, including a full system shutdown, containment procedures and prolonged disruption.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Mixed attendance, no bombshells leave GOP with an echo chamber Despite the weighty subject matter, the hearing was sparsely attended and lacked the star witnesses or headline-making moments typical of high-profile Judiciary hearings.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 18 June 2025

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“Workaday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workaday. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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