commonplace
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In this context, opacity feels comfortable and commonplace.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Harbour, Bateman and Cardellini spoke about how the series turns commonplace true crime themes of sex, love and murder into a smart, funny and empathetic whodunit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Food and water soon became scarce, thirst and hunger a commonplace, with nauseating odors emanating from the toilets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Road accidents are relatively commonplace in Nepal, due to a range of factors including poor road maintenance and narrow paths in mountainous areas.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
It draws its comedy from the fact that what, to Flanders and Swann’s twentieth- century Western audience, is a commonplace, is heresy to the cannibals of the song.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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