banality
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The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
The cinematography, by Jarred Alterman, is quite handsome and composed, amplifying the seriousness and eeriness, but also the banality and absurdity of the matter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
Once youth sports returned, I clung to the routine and banality that came with it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025
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
He is unaccustomed to the banality of domestic flights, the narrow cabin, the single bag he’s packed, small enough to stow overhead.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Namesake
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