mundane

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Absurdist comedy, the kind that was Letterman’s, his “Late Night” successor Conan O’Brien’s and Colbert’s specialty, is the very soul of free speech because it pushes honesty and truth past mundane notions of propriety.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

“I think we’re over-saturated with mundane everything,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Celtic have not been a good team this season, but they've shown a lust for battle, an ability to keep playing and winning even when their performances have never risen above the mundane.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

My husband and I burst out laughing – not at that scene, or the clerk’s impromptu theatrics, but at this injection of delight into an otherwise mundane errand.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

The mundane details of life impressed him too — the neatly made milk cartons, the spring-loaded window shades, the electric iceboxes everywhere.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen