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garden-variety

[gahr-dn-vuh-rahy-i-tee] / ˈgɑr dn vəˌraɪ ɪ ti /


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The index’s drawdown isn’t even close to a garden variety “correction,” or a 10% or greater drop.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

This is not another garden variety Latin genre list, but a highlight reel of 2025 releases that showcases artists from Latin America and the diaspora.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

That means that a single federal fraud statute prohibits the most diabolical schemes along with the garden variety cons.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023

They didn’t really view the battle flag “as insurrectionist or pro-slavery, but more as garden variety rebellion,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Thus Jack became again for a while the common or garden variety of school-boy, and he enjoyed the change.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick




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