ordinary
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Amid that landscape, a big shovel — perhaps the biggest shovel in the world — feels somewhat ordinary.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
But the money isn’t tax-free when you withdraw it down the road, either: It’s taxed on withdrawal as ordinary income, like with a traditional IRA.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The problem is ordinary residents of the capital have no way of knowing where every single government building is or where officials who might be targets of airstrikes actually live.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
"It represents togetherness and something a little out of the ordinary," she said in a video released by NASA.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
On the outside, she was pretty enough—blond hair, watery blue eyes, upturned nose—but if a smile can make an ordinary person beautiful, a scowl can make a beautiful person ugly.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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