ordinary
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Karp, who has a PhD in philosophy, is no ordinary CEO, and Palantir’s software architecture mirrors concepts from philosophy like ontology, a branch of metaphysics concerned with reality and existence.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Recently, an ordinary manuscript landed on my desk.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
Like the other doulas we spoke to, Clare believes people today have "lost a lot of knowledge about ordinary death".
From BBC • May 2, 2026
In “Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World,” he speaks for the ordinary people of the past in their concrete reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Afterward I marked the day on the tree trunk with a star—crudely scratched out—rather than an ordinary notch as usual.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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