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banal

[buh-nal, -nahl, bayn-l] / bəˈnæl, -ˈnɑl, ˈbeɪn l /


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The story of Chud’s origin begins with a banal road-rage incident in February of 2024.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

You’ve got to do the day-to-day banal stuff with your friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Totalitarian abuses of power and the banal ascendancy of evil aren’t stopped with mere pity, she maintained, but with thoughtfulness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

There’s something covertly chilling about taking some relatively banal aspect of real life and pushing it to its most extreme lengths — and there’s also so much that could go wrong trying.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

Effie makes me say a hundred banal phrases starting with a smile, while smiling, or ending with a smile.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins


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