as in commonplace
not causing surprise because you expected it
His anger over the mix-up is unsurprising. an unsurprising fact
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Recent Examples of unsurprising
Wage growth is unsurprising but Newcastle haven’t led the way either; Arsenal, Bournemouth and Aston Villa each displayed higher year-on-year growth last season.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Bergdorf Goodman According to Angela Welcome, Bergdorf Goodman’s associate divisional merchandise manager across cosmetics, fragrance, hair and eye accessories, fragrances were an unsurprising hit.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
There were some unsurprising subgroup differences among nonvoters.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
He is reported to have a similarly progressive attitude in areas like migration and climate change as his predecessor Pope Francis, which is perhaps unsurprising given that by the time of his death, 80% of cardinals had been appointed by Pope Francis himself.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Bergdorf Goodman According to Angela Welcome, Bergdorf Goodman’s associate divisional merchandise manager across cosmetics, fragrance, hair and eye accessories, fragrances were an unsurprising hit.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
There were some unsurprising subgroup differences among nonvoters.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
He is reported to have a similarly progressive attitude in areas like migration and climate change as his predecessor Pope Francis, which is perhaps unsurprising given that by the time of his death, 80% of cardinals had been appointed by Pope Francis himself.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsurprising
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Belief that your institution is exempt from the hard, functional and often boring parts of the job leads to a slow decline.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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One ideal that rung loudly at the presentation was that these students were unafraid to dream–rather than send designs down the runway that felt truncated, trendy or downright boring, the student designers chose an opposite route.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Camp, stupid, joyful—to both own and access—Labubu has taken over.—
Lara Johnson-Wheeler,
Vogue,
31 May 2025
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This is just stupid how successful this is, but that’s really underselling it.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Here in Croatia, the pace of life is slower, especially in smaller towns.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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My spring crops were slow to develop this year, stifled by sporadic frosts and bouts of dry weather.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Two years later, JPMorgan Chase hired her away, but not as chief sustainability officer, a role common at most large investment banks around the world and a position already filled at JPMorgan.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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Ashley O’Neal, Founder at Summerside Creative Inc., adds that the demand is particularly common in hospitality.—
Kristen Bousquet,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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These guys have been touring for decades, never tiring of playing the hits even while steadily putting out albums full of new material.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle sustains this tiring play style by deploying a 10-man rotation, allowing his players to stay fresh throughout high-intensity games.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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Former New College student Katie Helms, 47, got emotional when remembering her old mentor.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Needless to say, building Hotel Emma out of the old Pearl Brewery was a massive undertaking, and its owner, Silver Ventures, made several sustainable choices during construction.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
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