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Recent Examples of unextraordinary
Animated Short: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse My Year of Dicks is certainly the nominee with the most provocative title, but the film is episodic and its animation unextraordinary.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman.
—Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2022
The Swimmers finds the beauty in a seemingly unextraordinary life.
—Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman.
—Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2022
The Swimmers finds the beauty in a seemingly unextraordinary life.
—Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unextraordinary
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Just under eight minutes into the first period Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, Ovechkin popped Flyers defenseman Cam York with a firm but largely unremarkable shove.—
Bailey Johnson,
Washington Post,
1 Apr. 2026
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Visually and viscerally, Bright Lights is about as captivating and unremarkable as municipal building artwork.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Games that still are too typical of the NCAA women’s tournament where the higher seed seldom loses.—
Mac Engel
March 31,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Food and drink At first glance, Harriet’s Rooftop & Lounge seemed like a typical NYC rooftop—the kind of place where views take priority and food is an afterthought.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, said Trump’s attempts to bypass the normal confirmation processes are unconstitutional.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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According to the study, it is encoded in the internal structure of the remnant through what physicists call quasi-normal modes.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Deuterium can replace one or both of the ordinary hydrogen atoms in water, which is what scientists mean by deuterium enrichment.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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For instance, investments that give off income that is taxed at ordinary rates go into retirement accounts like IRAs, said CFP Cathy Curtis, founder and CEO of Curtis Financial Planning.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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With the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline topping a multiyear high of $4 a gallon, according to AAA, inflation-weary commuters are having a tough time absorbing the energy shock.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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While an appearance in the NBA’s play-in tournament for the fourth straight season still seems likely, the Heat hopes to get back to that winning formula consistently in the final days of the regular season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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That’s why nominating another batch of respectable but unexceptional candidates—the preference of the party’s DC establishment—could be deadly.—
Chris Smith,
Vanity Fair,
16 Feb. 2026
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Dad had always told me his father was a naval officer who'd had an unexceptional career and died suddenly in a traffic accident.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The tank was placed on the ice March 10 and fell through by March 25, weeks earlier than usual.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The injury riddled Kings — playing their second game in 24 hours and their third in four nights — were even more shorthanded than usual.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Or this object, known by the prosaic designation C/2026 A1 (MAPS), could totally disintegrate, vaporized by the fierce heat of our star.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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Other stories are a little more prosaic, and even funny, as in the case of footballer Miodrag Belodedici, who had been part of Romania’s Steaua Bucharest team that beat Barcelona in the 1986 European Cup final.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Unextraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unextraordinary. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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