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mundane

[muhn-deyn, muhn-deyn] / mʌnˈdeɪn, ˈmʌn deɪn /


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Here are edited excerpts from those chats, which began rather mundane, turned increasingly strange, and ended up deadly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

One of the hardest parts of grief is reckoning with the fact that life doesn’t stop and the most mundane tasks still need doing, even when your internal landscape feels shattered.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The laws will make a difference in seemingly mundane ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“The Inner Eye,” said Professor Trelawney with dignity, straightening her shawls and many strands of glittering beads, “was fixed upon matters well outside the mundane realms of whooping voices.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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