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Recent Examples of quotidian Among the quotidian settings, Haugerud and DOP Cecilie Semec intersperse striking shots of dance and (oddly enough but effectively) vertiginous stairways. Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025 Emergency powers exist to be used in extreme circumstances, not to reflect differences of quotidian political opinion. The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025 After a seemingly quotidian afternoon in Paris, the antiquarian bookseller Tara Selter wakes up in her hotel room the next morning only to find the same day happening again. The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 The Real Housewives franchise started as a modest examination into the absurdities of the quotidian lives of the upper class — a little bit Desperate Housewives, a little bit Laguna Beach, with a lot of glam in between. Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quotidian
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Adjective
  • Since joining the Lakers, Dončić has put up his usual numbers, averaging 27.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.6 assists, and the Lakers are a serious contender.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • And with a submission landscape thinner than usual, this might be creator Charlie Brooker’s best shot yet at one of the top prizes.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This development mirrors the revolutionary vision of personal computing, suggesting a future where AI agents could become as ubiquitous as desktop computers. 2.
    Gaurav Pathak, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • And although offal may never become as ubiquitous as muscle meat in American diets, more people eating organ meats could come with some positives.
    Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Female astronauts have become commonplace enough that the fact that the crew is composed entirely of women doesn’t immediately cause a sensation.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Tory Burch chose color-blocking as the preferred mode of expression and took commonplace pieces to new heights (a sequined swimsuit was the talk of the town after the label’s runway presentation).
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux said there’s more to come, but this wasn’t your typical Cannes Competition lineup studded with older, familiar auteurs.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The panel did not stray from their earlier guesses for him, throwing out familiar names like Dave Matthews, Daryl Hall, and Pat Monahan of Train once more.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During ordinary times, this accommodation would reflect an appropriate respect for the constitutional separation of powers.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Inevitably, skipping ordinary procedural checks, the administration made at least one mistake in deporting Abrego Garcia, and probably many others.
    The Editors, National Review, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Phishing or data breaches Another common scenario involves your personal information being compromised in a phishing attack or large-scale data breach.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • There are common patterns like the seven-year itch or the post-empty-nest unraveling, but none of those would be fixed by a contract renewal.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Hancock said in the statement that his family canceled their traditional multi-household Thanksgiving celebration.
    NBC News, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020

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“Quotidian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotidian. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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