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Recent Examples of garden-variety That would be a garden-variety correction, and it would be based on: 1) very rich valuations (the S & P 500 was trading at a multiple of 22 times 2025 estimates, historically high), and 2) a modest slowdown in the economy. Bob Pisani, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025 The garden-variety narcissist needs to be the tallest tree in the forest. Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025 But many of today’s R&B artists lace their lyrics with both garden-variety curse words and terms of more specific offense. Adam Bradley D’angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon Iii, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 One scheme involved the hard discounting of garden-variety fruit. Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025 Those are deals that so far have had only the garden-variety issues like weather and budget overruns. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025 More expensive than a garden-variety, base Camaro by $400, the Z/28 Camaro was developed with a focus on speed and handling, featuring a four-speed manual transmission and front-wheel power disc brakes, while power steering and air conditioning were left behind at the factory. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024 When garden-variety Tesla or Lucid sedans can accelerate faster than many supercars, straight-line performance is no longer a key differentiator, Bridan says. IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024 That guest was Don Rickles, the late, great comedian who wrought garden-variety putdowns into miniature works of art. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garden-variety
Adjective
  • In Orlando, the March rain totals through Friday are less than 7% of the normal 2.61 inches, according to the weather service.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Newsweek contacted the Department of Defense for further comment via email outside of normal office hours.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Complete these steps to grab a bonus for college basketball or make a larger bet than usual with a safety net.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Gains realized on investments sold within a one-year holding period are classified as short-term capital gains, which are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • What would push an ordinary person to these extraordinary circumstances?
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
  • As most of you probably know, Arm is near ubiquitous in the automotive, mobile, High-Performance Computing (HPC), and Internet of Things markets.
    Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That represents an 83 percent reduction in airbag crashes relative to typical human drivers.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Tray Feeders Tray feeders are flat platforms with bird seed in them that typical hang from a hook or sit on your deck.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Large Cracks on Foundation Walls Small hairline cracks in the foundation walls are relatively common and can typically be fixed by the average DIYer using epoxy or polyurethane to seal the cracks.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The United States, wary of centralized government power in the wake of its fight for independence from Britain, has consciously never formed anything resembling the national police forces that are so common in other countries.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The handy kit was designed by doctors and is a favorite among Amazon shoppers, with a 4.7-star average rating.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Aside from waiting until the average last frost date has passed, the seedlings will give signs when they can be transplanted outside.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The president's order will direct McMahon to take all necessary steps permitted by law to dissolve department, according to the sources familiar.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The perfumed notes are calibrated and restrained so that the blossoms underpin more familiar flavors like punchy, piney juniper and juicy pomelo peel.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Garden-variety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garden-variety. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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