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run-of-the-mill

[ruhn-uhv-thuh-mil] / ˈrʌn əv ðəˈmɪl /


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Thus, the dollar’s decline isn’t run-of-the-mill market noise, but the natural result of the U.S. giving priority to the dollar’s domestic role over its global one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The emotional earnestness that would often come through in Reiner’s work first emerged here, making what could have been a run-of-the-mill exercise into something more.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

"When choosing to operate her fiscal rules with such teeny tiny headroom, Ms Reeves would have known that run-of-the-mill forecast changes could easily blow her off course," Ms Miller added.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Most of these films are tired, run-of-the-mill ocean thrillers that recycle the same beats of better movies that have come before.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

But Tyrone and Johnny—they were not your run-of-the-mill eleven-year-olds.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones




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