ordinary
Example Sentences
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But unlike the Equity for Punks' "ordinary" shareholders, TSG was given "preference shares".
From BBC
To these ordinary folks, the Ayatollah Khomeini made sweeping promises that the poor, religious minorities and women would be better off under his rule.
On average, its dividend is moderately higher and its valuation somewhat lower than the ordinary S&P 500.
Capron was “perfectly willing” for these witnesses to “say for themselves what their opinions are …” In other words, if ordinary readers didn’t believe, they should ask their more distinguished neighbors.
From Literature
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That leaves bond investors to count Argentina’s beans as if it were a more-or-less ordinary credit, for now.
From Barron's
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