mundane

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After a powerful liftoff Wednesday, Artemis II’s journey to the moon has been about as mundane as a deep space mission can get.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

It says something about Nvidia’s current state when a trillion dollars in sales counts as mundane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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

"I was able to figure out or learn a lot of things about myself in the mundane of the everyday, like not having a schedule, planning my own time, setting goals," said the medical student.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But to be confronted with the prejudice so blatantly, there in that temple to intellectual excellence and rational thought, by something so mundane, so ridiculous, so universal as having to go to the bathroom...

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly