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adjective

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Recent Examples of plain Jane
Noun
If a plain Jane hamburger is your thing, go for it. Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2023 When designing the resume format, think plain Jane, noncreative style highlighting your skills and accomplishments. Robin Ryan, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021 The sweet survey, which the food delivery company shared with Travel Leisure just in time for National Ice Cream Day on July 18, found those four flavors tied for the most popular — aside from plain Jane vanilla, which accounts for more than 26% of all ice cream sales in the United States. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2021 My family lived in this plain Jane development back in the late ’70s. Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021 This means that even your plain Jane, vanilla cookie lover will enjoy this cookie as much as the anything-goes cookie enthusiast. Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022 The relationship is actually quite a bit more plain Jane than a lot of other relationships in the show. David Viramontes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022 Peer through their five spokes, and the standard cast-iron rotors and black calipers look plain Jane to those used to slotted discs and colorful binders, but there's always Porsche's $8970 ceramic composite brake option. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 6 Apr. 2022 After all, plain Jane is far from how anyone would describe Ban. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2022
Adjective
The Romans christened it Insula Minor, Lesser Island, as if forever bequeathing it plain-Jane status next to Ibiza and Mallorca, its alluring Balearic sisters. Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plain Jane
Noun
  • Bobbie adjusts to her new life as McEntire wields her grumbling everywoman sitcom humor once again.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Everyone else on the show is cheerfully hamming it up—Dakota Fanning harnessing elite levels of (spoiled) brat as another daughter-in-law, Eve Hewson modeling perplexed everywoman accessibility as the bride—and amid the liveliness, Kidman’s performance feels markedly out of place.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • That's a sandwich of plain white bread with beef sausage and ketchup.
    Claire Reilly, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Her costumes aren’t particularly notable, consisting mostly of plain suits and overcoats in a story where the flashy outfits go to characters like the Joker.
    Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Nettles is a commoner who manages to tame a wild dragon, known as Sheepstealer.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Instead, similar to Yasmin, he’s almost constantly befuddled that all his rank and access and riches can’t make the commoners like him.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • There are still a few typical Grammy picks (congrats, Common & Pete Rock), but overall, the rap field hasn’t looked this fresh in years.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • According to Goldy, a manager dressed in a floor-length silver-gray pleather gown, a typical selection at W Salon is at least $2,000.
    Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.
    Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.
    J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 22 Oct. 2020
Adjective
  • Like that terrible, homely, orange curly-haired nurse, with orange polyester and bad glasses.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The homely atmosphere is complemented by genuinely warm service, making guests feel more like visiting friends than restaurant patrons.
    Lela London, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • This month, the sheriff’s office learned that the John Doe in the case had ancestors with roots in Michigan dating to the 1800s.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Authorities have not publicly identified the victim, who is being referred to as a John Doe.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • These techniques should be familiar to Photoshop users.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • While both Choi and Newman are familiar to the legislature, the district is a bit of a new arena.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Plain Jane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plain%20Jane. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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