1
as in normal
having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind
typical behavior for a two-year-old
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2
as in characteristic
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
when I asked what he had learned in school that day, he gave me the typical answer of teenagers: "I don't know"
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Recent Examples of typical
As is typical, the children were shot from behind, but that could change, as Platell noted.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The cold, rainier weather of the last few days, more typical of March than June, continued into Tuesday, but temperatures are expected to rise as the week goes on.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Here, Patrick Dennis continued a trend typical of anti-antisemitism novelists of the 1940s who brought the anti-racialist lessons of Columbia University anthropologist Franz Boas and his students into the realm of popular culture.
—Rachel Gordan, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
This choice allows the plants to make maximum use of the soil's water and nutrients resources, particularly important in the poor soils and arid climates typical of Apulia.
—Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The cold, rainier weather of the last few days, more typical of March than June, continued into Tuesday, but temperatures are expected to rise as the week goes on.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Here, Patrick Dennis continued a trend typical of anti-antisemitism novelists of the 1940s who brought the anti-racialist lessons of Columbia University anthropologist Franz Boas and his students into the realm of popular culture.
—Rachel Gordan, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
This choice allows the plants to make maximum use of the soil's water and nutrients resources, particularly important in the poor soils and arid climates typical of Apulia.
—Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for typical
Adjective
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This means that some particles will decay in the normal world while their counterparts in the mirror would not.—
Zack Savitsky,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
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While the district has enough supply on hand for the nearly 200,000 students who attend district schools, many of those computers are out of warranty and past their normal lifespan, the district’s technology chief told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in an interview last month.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Despite the French example, military parades with tanks rolling through the streets are more characteristic of dictatorships like China, Russia and North Korea.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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Such irreversibility is characteristic of the flow of heat.—
George Musser,
Quanta Magazine,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Above average temperatures will continue this weekend.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty Clerc said that raising the FRA could slash average lifetime benefits by nearly 20 percent, according to research from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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However, that distinctive green bottle of Curve with its gold lettering remains vivid in my mind’s eye, and its contents continue to tell his story.—
Stixx Mathews,
Essence,
13 June 2025
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There’s also an oasis-like 2,500-square-foot Sisley spa, with distinctive touches including a regenerative salt wall.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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From the Beginning will be released on Sept. 12 via streaming services in standard audio and Dolby Atmos audio and can be pre-saved here.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
20 June 2025
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The standard Oakley Meta HSTN will go on sale later this summer.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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While the divergence between the two is fair, its explanation lies elsewhere: Investor valuations and retail prices differ because they are driven by distinct fundamentals and considerations.—
Thibault Adrien,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Regardless of how the Fendi role shakes up, Chavarria is leaving a distinct mark on the global fashion industry.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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This is an excellent day for business and commercial ventures, because your objectives and goals are clearer to you than usual.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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Did Bill Plaschke ghost-write these letters with his usual accurate predictions/suggestions?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
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Beyond all of the twists and many, many, many turns that kept viewers tuned in every Tuesday night, the core of the show was about true female friendship and the loyalty that comes with that, no matter what.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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This milieu is both true to history and solves one of the series’ longstanding structural flaws.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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“Typical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typical. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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