as in usual
often observed or encountered
lives in a common or garden row house in a nondescript suburb of London
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Recent Examples of common or garden
There [are a] lot of common or garden-variety Democrats who don't understand what the DNC does.
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Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 28 May 2020
Instead, the inciting incidents are all common or garden-variety romantic mishaps — infidelity, unplanned pregnancies, feelings undeclared lest they're not requited.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2020
Hoes and other weeding tools The common or garden hoe is great for breaking up and grading loose soil but not so good for weeding.
—Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 28 May 2020
Instead, the inciting incidents are all common or garden-variety romantic mishaps — infidelity, unplanned pregnancies, feelings undeclared lest they're not requited.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2020
Hoes and other weeding tools The common or garden hoe is great for breaking up and grading loose soil but not so good for weeding.
—Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for common or garden
Adjective
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Several key figures - see Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker - are now into the twilights of their respective careers and so Guardiola’s team have been unable to play its usual style of high-energy, high-intensity soccer.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Three times in the past week, and six since Trump took office a little more than two months ago, the Justice Department has asked the conservative-majority high court to step into cases much earlier than usual.—
Time,
Time,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sheer looks are a ubiquitous part of many a modern red carpet event.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Plugging his new album with the wonderfully ubiquitous Brandi Carlile, the EGOT winner is the musical guest this week with Oscar nominee Carlile, who is back for her third time too.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Furthermore, poor diets are common in the U.S., and the fast pace of life can cause more stress than women experience elsewhere, Annapoorna Kini, MD, director of the Interventional Structural Heart Disease Program for the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital in New York, added.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, the dress proved exceedingly difficult to appropriately pair with a corset (an undergarment whose use was extremely common and all but outright expected at the time), thanks to its sheer qualities.—
Molly Peck,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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And then, aren’t cats emblematic of whatever is familiar but ultimately unknowable?—
Barry Schwabsky,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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But if the screaming sirens and looming threats to life and property are familiar, this year is different, experts say, with fewer National Weather Service employees on the job because of layoffs by President Donald Trump and less data about weather approaching from the Great Plains states.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Direct trade models that are commonplace in the coffee industry are not so in the tea industry (albeit not unheard of), because of the way the majority of the latter operates through world market auctions and regional export/importers.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But for others, particularly younger Americans, this could be the season of life where receiving wedding invitations is commonplace, and the costs are adding up.—
Nerdwallet,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The group were among around 7,000 people recently released from scam centers run by criminal gangs and warlords operating along Myanmar’s border with Thailand, where many are held against their will and forced to work conning ordinary people, including American citizens, out of their life savings.—
Teele Rebane,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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For most ordinary owners, there's always one area of the house that could use a little TLC.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sources of 2023 household debt in the US include: Credit Cards: $1.13 trillion Mortgage: $12.25 trillion Auto Loans: 1.61 trillion Student Loans: $1.6 trillion Outstanding balances also include debt from retail credit cards, consumer loans and other non-household expenses.—
Kara Nelson,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2024
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Hancock said in the statement that his family canceled their traditional multi-household Thanksgiving celebration.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
25 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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The Denver Nuggets fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth on Tuesday.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Promoted to director of college scouting in 2003 and director of player personnel in 2009 and then assistant general manager in 2012, DeCosta has essentially been setting the prospect board and running Ravens’ drafts since 2005.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Common or garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20or%20garden. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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