commonplace
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There, according to a lawsuit filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union, Bovino’s agents also started employing tactics that have since become commonplace.
Yet for musicians and listeners, the freedom and context it suggests have grown increasingly commonplace, more welcome and fruitful than ever.
But Schilinski never underlines her points: Events occur not because the plot twists are attached to a larger thematic idea but, rather, because these women’s lives are crushingly commonplace for their time periods.
From Los Angeles Times
These parks themselves evolved from the public pleasure gardens and picnic grounds that were commonplace across Europe, as well as world’s fairs that were known for their eye-catching architecture and cutting-edge technology.
Hideous delays and last-minute cancellations of flights have become so commonplace that airlines now advise building in a cushion of an extra day or two on each end of one’s journey.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
