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as in ordinary
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
an author with a knack for finding something of interest in the most prosaic details of suburban life
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as in mundane
having to do with the practical details of regular life
my job at the TV station dealt with the much more prosaic business of cleaning the floors
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Recent Examples of prosaic
But instead of starting in the high-profile condo division, Jon Paul had to start on the more prosaic rental business.
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Boulder retains a bit of the exotic, which would not have been true of the more prosaic Salt Lake City or Cincinnati.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
And another aspect is the world of television in Spain, this mixture of the sublime and prosaic.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
How the Thieves Pulled it Off The M.O. in the Gardner heist is much more prosaic than what people see on the silver screen.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Boulder retains a bit of the exotic, which would not have been true of the more prosaic Salt Lake City or Cincinnati.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
And another aspect is the world of television in Spain, this mixture of the sublime and prosaic.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
How the Thieves Pulled it Off The M.O. in the Gardner heist is much more prosaic than what people see on the silver screen.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosaic
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Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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During the 2014 Western Conference final, the Los Angeles captain — who was in the midst of playing 64 extra games in a 26-month span — was asked why his Kings were so impressive in the postseason, but so ordinary in the regular season.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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There is also the cumulative stress of police work: the daily drips of violence, misery and death; the relentless staccato of calls that can spiral from mundane to dramatic in a split second.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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Some of the lines capture hilariously mundane moments of humanity.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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In the months since Trump was reelected and returned to the White House, American doctors have shown skyrocketing interest in becoming licensed in Canada, where dozens more than normal have already been cleared to practice, according to Canadian licensing officials and recruiting businesses.—
Brett Kelman,
NPR,
29 May 2025
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Most kids use pacifiers—and up to a certain point, that's totally normal.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
29 May 2025
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang was more somber than usual on the AI juggernaut’s conference call following its blockbuster earnings, according to CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos , who has been analyzing all the action in the cult stock for the last 24 hours.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Recruiters are no longer confined to hiring in the same usual saturated areas, benefiting emerging tech hubs.—
Nacho De Marco,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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While that dealer’s price is more in line with typical used car depreciation, the Foundation series was at one time selling at wildly inflated prices on the used market due to high demand.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The five plaintiffs are asking a Superior Court judge to render the city’s advancement of the typical $47.59-per-month trash fee null and void.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Seemingly once-in-a-lifetime events are now commonplace.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Blocking Fox News-watching and Truth Social-subscribing friends, cousins and siblings from social media feeds has become commonplace.—
Christine Ledbetter,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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When psychologists and researchers began tracking attention spans in 2004, the average attention span on any screen was about two and a half minutes.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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For the contiguous United States, on average, July is the hottest month of the year.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
3 June 2025
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“Prosaic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosaic. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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