garden-variety
Example Sentences
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“A relationship with a subordinate is so garden-variety, it’s not going to influence that many board members other than for them to say, ‘Let’s give this person a warning,’” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“For now this is a garden-variety sell-off,” he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
Of course, more force than your typical garden-variety arrest warrant was required, hence the military aspect.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
Though the discomfort of a DRE pales in comparison to what basically any woman endures in a garden-variety OB-GYN appointment, many men have long viewed the exam as a barely bearable indignity.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2024
As he approached the fiery grey apparition, he was fairly sure it was a garden-variety wraith - a lost soul who had died in pain.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
