prosaic
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While the house is bursting with artwork that would make most museum curators envious, Herman’s home is surprisingly humble, built on a tight budget from prosaic materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He isn’t really a word man and the deficiency is evident in the prosaic dialogue and barely imagined characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Meek, a 10-year-old Black girl, is grappling with her fears of nuclear Armageddon as more prosaic domestic concerns kick into high gear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The "Banjska incident" is a prosaic label for one of the most dramatic, dangerous and deadly days Kosovo has seen since it unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Though related to these abstract considerations, the mistaken belief in the mechanical nature of mathematics generally takes more prosaic forms.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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