conventional
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Michael, in “All Her Fault” you are playing someone who could be a much more conventional detective character, but reveals more layers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
By any conventional measure, it should be regrouping after defeat.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
This is one reason researchers see Polygonum multiflorum as potentially broader than conventional treatments that focus on a single target.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Utilities and real estate investment trusts rose on Friday about 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively, while home builders, airlines, and conventional infrastructure stocks slipped only modestly.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
And in theology, angels and demons occupied space, even if they did not have bodies in the conventional sense.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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