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mundane

[muhn-deyn, muhn-deyn] / mʌnˈdeɪn, ˈmʌn deɪn /


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The memes often depict people buried under computer monitors, or reframing mundane tasks like watching the news, spying on neighbors and working in an office as monitoring the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

After a powerful liftoff Wednesday, Artemis II’s journey to the moon has been about as mundane as a deep space mission can get.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

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

I the most prodigal and mundane of historians.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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