mundane
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Some of the crucial work done at Bell Labs might now seem mundane: for example, how to fabricate sheathing so undersea cables wouldn’t be chewed through by Toredo worms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
One of the hardest parts of grief is reckoning with the fact that life doesn’t stop and the most mundane tasks still need doing, even when your internal landscape feels shattered.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
The laws will make a difference in seemingly mundane ways.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
"I was able to figure out or learn a lot of things about myself in the mundane of the everyday, like not having a schedule, planning my own time, setting goals," said the medical student.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
I could look at him and see little save his movements, expressions, the mundane sounds of his eating.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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