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typical

[tip-i-kuhl] / ˈtɪp ɪ kəl /


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Meanwhile at Locke, documentation shows that the typical student is achieving a year or more of learning every school year, Green Dot says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“A typical triumph of modern science,” remarked the novelist Evelyn Waugh, “to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

These contaminants, though not posing significant health risks in typical consumption, remain a concern for long-term heavy tea drinkers.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The consumer-price index for May, due out Wednesday morning, is forecast to increase a sharp 0.5%, almost three times the typical monthly increase.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Which was so typical: the bumbling mammals wreaking havoc, even when no havoc was intended.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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