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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

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

To these students, who perceive A.I.’s banal flatness as a hallmark of good style, my new essays are not acceptable.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

But it’s fun nonetheless to hear his busy breakbeats coursing through “Season 2 Weight Loss,” a tune whose words and melody are as banal as its title.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

It lasted forever, like some weepy and endless made-for-TV movie—all the clinging, all the complaints, all the parking-lot confessions of “inadequacy” and “poor self-image,” all those banal sorrows.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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