ordinary

Example Sentences

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Amid that landscape, a big shovel — perhaps the biggest shovel in the world — feels somewhat ordinary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

He charged that government officials "drive around in huge SUVs with bodyguards, while ordinary Venezuelans are left to suffer."

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

But the money isn’t tax-free when you withdraw it down the road, either: It’s taxed on withdrawal as ordinary income, like with a traditional IRA.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

For decades, it remained part of a collection of seemingly ordinary specimens until Lerosey-Aubril chose to examine it as part of his research on early arthropods.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Even as ordinary citizens fled to safety, emergency workers raced for the floodgates.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland