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banal

[buh-nal, -nahl, beyn-l] / bəˈnæl, -ˈnɑl, ˈbeɪn l /


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You’ve got to do the day-to-day banal stuff with your friends.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

More than a few of the quotes featured in “Since You’re Mortal . . . ” are crushingly banal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

There’s something covertly chilling about taking some relatively banal aspect of real life and pushing it to its most extreme lengths — and there’s also so much that could go wrong trying.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

Golaszewski explains it's not intentional and he's showing that "the truth of grief is that it is banal".

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

If one filters out banal and impersonal events, most of what’s left are astounding aberrations and coincidences, and one’s mind begins to resemble the headlines of supermarket tabloids.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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