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proverbial
adjective as in conventional, traditional
Example Sentences
“So just like that, the proverbial genie is out of the bottle and it’s on videotape that I’m going to UCLA,” Easley would recall many years later.
From a broader perspective, sentiment is resetting quickly, which should eventually set the stage for stocks to reclimb the proverbial wall of worry.
I wouldn’t pay to hear her read the proverbial phone book, but I might shell out to hear her sing it, while cracking jokes in between vocalizing.
“As the only sector to record a negative return in Q3, staples was the proverbial millstone around quality’s neck.”
To go straight to the proverbial horse’s mouth, the IRS has very simple rules about what is not considered a gift that triggers a taxable event.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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