workaday
Example Sentences
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People trusted him because for much of his career he’d been a workaday reporter at United Press International.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
After wrestling with those weighty questions, he posed a more workaday one: “What’s gonna be the gas price tomorrow?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025
This fundamentally misunderstands the appeal of conspiracies, though, which is that it’s more fun and exciting to believe in them instead of in workaday truths.
From Slate • May 24, 2025
It was for ceremonial occasions, and upstairs there were some workaday offices.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
Swim lore was his vacation talk from the workaday talk of running a zoo.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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