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commonplace

[kom-uhn-pleys] / ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs /




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“You’ve got to see that as a contributing effect,” he said, driving listeners back to tunes made long before that technology became commonplace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang envisioned a future in which AI supercomputers running complex workloads would be commonplace in people’s homes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

It is now almost commonplace for fashion lines to reference or include Christian symbols, themes and figures.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

“It’s easy. You barely know what’s happening when you’re under. It’s only when you resurface that you even know what you said. I went under when I was a kid. It’s pretty commonplace in Candor.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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