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workaday

[wur-kuh-dey] / ˈwɜr kəˌdeɪ /














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But as chipmakers prioritise the lucrative AI industry, they are producing fewer of the more workaday chips used in everyday consumer electronics like phones and laptops, pushing up device prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Historically, country music’s purview has been broad and workaday, with songs that reflected the lives of their audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 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 in striking contrast to the messy reality of the workaday world.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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