banality
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It’s technically called “The Katie Miller Podcast,” but a better title would be “The Banality of Evil.”
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025
Snyder’s piece, “The Banality of Good,” explores the motivations of those who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, and their surprising inability to explain their actions.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2015
In the series Banality, he takes the kind of ornaments you might find in a gift shop and enlarges them out of all proportion.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2015
Banality is the chief ingredient in her work, and she uses it like an all-purpose seasoning that, paradoxically, subtracts flavor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2015
Banality was at once the curse and the saving grace of mankind.
From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
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