bog-standard
adjective
British, informal
: having no special or interesting qualities : average
a bog-standard speech
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Now, however, Gino’s lawyer, Julie A. Sacks, described all this as merely a description of a bog-standard academic.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
The recipes come with five- to 10-minute prep times but aren't your bog-standard pasta sauces; individual salmon en croûte and satay chicken curries mean meal planning doesn't have to be all about mince.
—Ellie O'Mahoney, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024
France already fined TikTok €5 million earlier this year over an unrelated issue about cookie consent, but there’s a difference between such bog-standard privacy violations and those involving millions of children.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
The recipes come with five- to 10-minute prep times but aren't your bog-standard pasta sauces; individual salmon en croûte and satay chicken curries mean meal planning doesn't have to be all about mince.
—Ellie O'Mahoney, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024
France already fined TikTok €5 million earlier this year over an unrelated issue about cookie consent, but there’s a difference between such bog-standard privacy violations and those involving millions of children.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
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“Bog-standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog-standard. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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