garden-variety
Example Sentences
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“For now this is a garden-variety sell-off,” he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
Of course, more force than your typical garden-variety arrest warrant was required, hence the military aspect.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
There’s no saying when the next major bear market will send Americans to the mattresses—maybe through the collapse of AI mania, or possibly just a garden-variety recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
It doesn’t matter that Bankman-Fried’s convictions weren’t really about crypto either, but garden-variety fraud.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2025
As he approached the fiery grey apparition, he was fairly sure it was a garden-variety wraith - a lost soul who had died in pain.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
