ordinary
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But Buffett wasn’t actually suggesting ordinary savers should make concentrated stock bets the way he did at Berkshire Hathaway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Going public -- known as an IPO, or initial public offering -- means ordinary investors can buy a slice of a company for the first time.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
But as the middle-class splinters along generational lines, other political experts warn that many ordinary Angelenos feel increasingly shut out of L.A. politics.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
There was a vague feeling of unease about all of this - but it was difficult for ordinary people living nearby to prove there was anything amiss.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
She was a farm girl from nearby EI Tobosa, and she was plain, rough, ordinary.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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