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p

ADJECTIVE
garden-variety
Synonyms
WEAK
average characterless common commonplace conventional cut-and-dried dull fair familiar formulaic garden generic habitual homespun household humble indifferent inferior mean mediocre modest no great shakes normal
NOUN
habitualness
Synonyms
WEAK
beaten path characteristic consuetude customariness daily grind fashion form grind groove habit habitude hang-up into manner matter of course mode normalcy normality observance ordinariness practice praxis precedent prevalence

Example Sentences

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Rajadhyaksha points out there is a “remarkably consistent pattern p st most geopolitical conflicts …of an initial shock…then a grind back as economic fundamentals reassert themselves.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The predictive approach centers on measuring p tau217, a protein found in plasma, the liquid component of blood.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

"It's political with a small p - there's enough that roots us in the real world but the world is too complicated to link it directly and I think it would be inappropriate."

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Biden then speaks for several minutes with some of the hundreds of guests and p oses for photos.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

“He’s earned his rest, all right,” he breathed. p in Massachusetts, Pollard greeted reporters with a rhyme: “The weather was clear, the track fast War Admiral broke first and finished last.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.