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Everyman

[ev-ree-man] / ˈɛv riˌmæn /


NOUN
lowest common denominator
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The BBC asked Vue, Odeon, Cineworld and Everyman cinemas about their policies on audience disturbances.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

After a loss, the grieving Everyman finds no option but to keep living—he is, as one character says, “just waiting to see what we’ve been left here for.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels built their two-dimensional Texas Everyman to ensure we could never quite be certain.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2025

It’s a gripping drama about a flawed Everyman tempted to ignore his conscience — and it also meant a chance to work with Eastwood.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

Downtrodden Americans gravitated strongly toward the Horatio Alger protagonist, the lowly bred Everyman who rises from anonymity and hopelessness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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