ordinary

Example Sentences

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Instead, lawmakers learn about military operations the same way ordinary Americans do — by watching the news — and then demand to be briefed, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The first time they properly met, Hutchcroft thought Barrett looked wealthy but nothing out of the ordinary for that part of town.

From BBC

From a tax perspective, because withdrawals on the brokerage account are taxed as capital gains and not ordinary income, the household “may even come out ahead from a long-term tax perspective,” he noted.

From MarketWatch

A teensy stretch of trading weakness this year—a pause in rip-roaring gains, really—has left the valuation looking ordinary, despite a profit outlook that has no equal in history.

From Barron's

"There aren't any military posts here... There are only ordinary people, poor people. They don't have any involvement in politics."

From Barron's