prosaic
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While the house is bursting with artwork that would make most museum curators envious, Herman’s home is surprisingly humble, built on a tight budget from prosaic materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
At a more prosaic level, software engineers and other tech workers who, until recently, seemed to have found an eddy of security in an uncertain economy, now fret that AI will take their jobs, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
A coed Filipino version was made in 1975, and a prosaic Americanized take in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
The implication is these disasters are being deliberately engineered, but Loader believes the causes have more prosaic roots, and have their origins in economics.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
In part, Latin permitted escape from the prosaic world.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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