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Recent Examples of run-of-the-mill Total Time: 1 hr Servings: 6 This isn't your run-of-the-mill white bean soup—this recipe calls for three cans of cannellini beans, and uses two smart techniques to make the soup extra thick and creamy: Some beans are mashed, while other beans are incorporated along with the liquid in the can. Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025 But, Corbet’s Cabin at Jackson Hole is no run-of-the-mill Waffle Cabin. Lizzy Rosenberg, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025 But a handful of artisans are now combining the two, transforming run-of-the-mill materials such as leather, glass, and metal into functional masterworks. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2025 This isn't your run-of-the-mill white bean soup—this recipe calls for three cans of cannellini beans, and uses two smart techniques to make the soup extra thick and creamy: Some beans are mashed, while other beans are incorporated along with the liquid in the can. Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for run-of-the-mill 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-of-the-mill
Adjective
  • The Trump administration is pushing an aggressive policy agenda to improve the lives of ordinary American families.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • At Large follows two best friends, Bill and Joe, who are ordinary dads and electrical repairmen.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Fleischmann, who had been at the card game but left at a decent hour, was furious.
    Christopher B. Daly, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Employers are posting fewer jobs and monthly job openings have tumbled from a record 12.2 million in March 2022 to 7.6 million in December -- still a decent number by historical standards.
    COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, enter the address yourself, or use the normal method of clicking on your Google avatar in Gmail, for example.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Hornets were proactive in a normal way, unlike the Mavericks.
    J. Robbins, J. Edwards and D. Mayberry, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s still no satisfactory explanation for a 13-10 home loss to the middling 2024 Wolverines on Nov. 30, arguably the most shocking outcome that rivalry has seen.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But the federal investigation was not satisfactory to many of King’s family members and associates, who knew of the FBI’s years-long investigation of the minister, and Director J. Edgar Hoover’s obsession with him as a potential communist influence.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And of course Taylor Swift was there as usual to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce.
    Jane Tyska, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Automakers typically design models for seven-year life cycles, at a usual cost of about $1 billion.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The industry and the buyers are placing bad design in the stores and the average consumer; that’s all that is at their fingertips, and so they are forced to buy something from a mediocre assortment.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And the ubiquity of streaming services brought the whole chain together, one suboptimal link after another, landing us in a pre-Stokowski era of audio quality grafted onto a barely fathomable utopia of access: all music, everywhere, in mediocre form.
    Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In Northern Virginia, home to tens of thousands of workers on the federal payroll and military service members, the typical town-hall meeting in the town of Leesburg attracts a few dozen people.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
  • According to Entergy, a typical 15-amp power strip can handle up to 1,800 watts of power.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • Here are three common leadership pitfalls that Musk's rise calls to mind and which have felled countless leaders and mass movements through history.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Relatively obscure Thracian art, for all its muscular power and authority, is a sobering reminder of our common fragility.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Run-of-the-mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run-of-the-mill. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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