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banality

[buh-nal-i-tee, bey-] / bəˈnæl ɪ ti, beɪ- /


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The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

The finish line isn’t moral resolution, but the banality of the cash register: a product governed where it matters most, at the point of sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The banality of her letter to Putin was itself a choice — and was completely on brand, for Melania Trump has always been just as opaque as her prose suggests.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

And so we’re back to the whole lesson that we never seem to learn about how the banality of evil is real.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2024

Lydia felt actual physical revulsion at the banality of Dahlia’s problems in the great scope of things.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner




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