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“Extreme Makeover” had also been airing since 2002, showing ordinary men and women undergoing plastic surgery, receiving style makeovers and adopting fitness routines.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Her work on this exhibition is part of a continuing mission to bridge the art world and the ordinary person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
If that result holds up in future studies, the technique could potentially have applications beyond ordinary vision correction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
Dr. France is no ordinary Everton fan, attending his first game on 4 September 1957 when Everton drew 3-3 with Manchester United's Busby Babes.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“At least you’ve proved me wrong. You’re not as ordinary and practical as I thought. You were able to reveal the third enchantment.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The only way in which ordinary shares can become ADRs is if someone were to convert ADRs to ordinaries and create room.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ms. Wolfe started digging there and in other archives, and so far has gathered a dozen unknown or forgotten depictions of the arms in heraldic reference works called alphabets and ordinaries.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2016
Photograph: Courtesy of Susan Faludi If someone were to ask me to declare my identity, I’d say that, along with such ordinaries as nationality and profession, I am a woman and I am a Jew.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2016
What actually constitutes "immodest fashion" the Twelve Orders leave to be construed by the local ordinaries of dioceses, as circumstances may require.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have put her away in an old chest with hoops and tie-wigs and gibbets and pirates and Newgate ordinaries and rotten boroughs and watchet ribbands.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
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