garden-variety

Example Sentences

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The index’s drawdown isn’t even close to a garden variety “correction,” or a 10% or greater drop.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

He continues, during these early months in office, to focus on a garden variety of municipal issues: housing, traffic, making local government more accessible and responsive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

They didn’t really view the battle flag “as insurrectionist or pro-slavery, but more as garden variety rebellion,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

It's some trauma, it's some garden variety naivete, and a kind of pluckiness that we all can, I think, identify with.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022

As a garden variety, it is of little value, though the young pods are crisp and tender.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing