average/normal/general/usual run of
idiom
: the usual or normal kind of (person or thing)
She's not like the average run of students.
The place is different from the usual run of restaurants.
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These may seem like small figures but in the general run of such accountings, this is a remarkable move in a relatively short time.
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Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The goal came against the general run of play as FCD controlled most of the first half.
—Peter Warren, Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2023
In the normal run of things, Bunner says, around 4,000 barrels need to be tasted after the first fermentation before a clear view of the quality of a vintage emerges.
—WIRED, 8 Oct. 2022
There are not-great movies that are enjoyable enough—ones that offer an enticing energy of hectic extremes, a sense of extravagant experience that tweaks blandly familiar movie modes, that at least seem like a departure from the usual run of cinematic conventions.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
Over the weekend, Kellett qualified 29th for next Sunday's 500 after a four-lap average run of 228.916 mph.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2022
But Wong did do a few things differently from the average run of pandemic-lockdownees.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
Sands said that the average run of fish to the district’s drainages, up to 2017, was around 8 to 9 million sockeye.
—Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2021
Your phone’s manufacturer will guarantee a certain amount of software updates and security patches, with the average run of support being around two years.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
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Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The goal came against the general run of play as FCD controlled most of the first half.
—Peter Warren, Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2023
In the normal run of things, Bunner says, around 4,000 barrels need to be tasted after the first fermentation before a clear view of the quality of a vintage emerges.
—WIRED, 8 Oct. 2022
There are not-great movies that are enjoyable enough—ones that offer an enticing energy of hectic extremes, a sense of extravagant experience that tweaks blandly familiar movie modes, that at least seem like a departure from the usual run of cinematic conventions.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
Over the weekend, Kellett qualified 29th for next Sunday's 500 after a four-lap average run of 228.916 mph.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2022
But Wong did do a few things differently from the average run of pandemic-lockdownees.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
Sands said that the average run of fish to the district’s drainages, up to 2017, was around 8 to 9 million sockeye.
—Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2021
Your phone’s manufacturer will guarantee a certain amount of software updates and security patches, with the average run of support being around two years.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
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