plain vanilla
Example Sentences
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"If you start out with pure vanilla ice cream but start mixing in sprinkles soon after, it won't be long until you can no longer find any pristine, plain, vanilla ice cream," Zhu said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
This investment-grade fund is a little less plain vanilla.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
That February, Tenev told Congress that the “pattern day traders” at the center of that market chaos represented just 2% of Robinhood’s customer base, and that most were long-term investors buying plain vanilla products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
“What really needs to be explicated is not the plain vanilla meaning of insurrection but the whole phrase - insurrection against the United States Constitution,” Delahunty testified on Friday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Neeley ordered the old standby, chocolate soda, and Katie and Evy chose plain vanilla ice cream.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
