dime a dozen
Example Sentences
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So another day like Wednesday—which are a dime a dozen for the Korean stock market right now—and it will have wiped out all those losses.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Documentaries are a dime a dozen in the streaming era because they’re cheaper to produce, so while they satiate the appetite for true stories, not all can be deemed good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Even Ivy League schools are starting to worry that their top students are becoming a dime a dozen in the labor market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Today predictions for new ghostlike particles are almost a dime a dozen, but in the early part of the last century, introducing potentially unobservable particles simply wasn’t done.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
Kaira’s manager was in the hotel lobby when she returned, and she started yelling at him for firing the drummer, and he told her that drummers were a dime a dozen.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
