mundane

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The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

It's an approach we've seen before in popular open-world titles such as the Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2, where players can ignore the main quest to focus on more mundane pursuits.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 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

“There is a whole set of mundane AI use cases that we can keep ourselves busy for the next two, three years just getting those done,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“The Inner Eye,” said Professor Trelawney with dignity, straightening her shawls and many strands of glittering beads, “was fixed upon matters well outside the mundane realms of whooping voices.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling