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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

"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

They measured grass pollen counts and but also sampled air for the grass pollen Phl p 5 grass allergen protein in the same location at King's College London over the same time period.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

The Warriors were without p Draymond Green for personal reasons and Gary Payton II due to an illness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

The more general version of Newton’s law is F = p, where p is an object’s momentum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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