no ordinary

idiom

: special or unusual
It was no ordinary day.

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The Golden Vines® is no ordinary fine wine event. Liquid Icons, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025 This is no ordinary full moon; eclipses are wildcards. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025 Except, this particular Transit that Ford just lapped Nürburgring Nordschleife on was no ordinary Transit. New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025 Greg Lockwood turned out to be no ordinary man of the cloth. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no ordinary

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“No ordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20ordinary. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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