ordinary

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"It represents togetherness and something a little out of the ordinary," she said in a video released by NASA.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

More than 100 images spanning three centuries have an extraordinary range that document the city in its full diversity from the elite worlds of Zoroastrian merchants and cinema stars to working-class lives of ordinary citizens.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Justice Horace Gray didn’t say that “jurisdiction” means being subject to ordinary criminal or civil law, as opponents of the president’s order maintain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The explosion was not visible in ordinary light.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

It was a new and startling thing to me for ordinary friendship to be as off-limits as romance could be.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo