run-of-the-mill
adjective
Synonyms
Examples of run-of-the-mill in a Sentence
just another run-of-the-mill suburb with its shopping malls and fast-food restaurants
his latest offering is rather run-of-the-mill for this usually excellent novelist
Recent Examples on the Web
Senoia Looking for something totally different from Georgia's run-of-the-mill destinations?
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Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
Companies need ways to entice more people back to the office, and that means making downtown unique, rather than filling spaces with run-of-the-mill restaurants.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
Purchasing a run-of-the-mill Patek can be a rather onerous process, so being allowed to purchase a rare piece like the Grandmaster Chime is nigh on impossible, even for the super rich.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
Brand said even run-of-the-mill, white collar cases he’s been involved in can take years to go to trial.
—USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
What the secular calendar does that your run-of-the-mill perpetual calendar can’t is skip the leap year at the top of each century, which our calendar must do to account for orbital anomalies.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Malicious hacks and ransomware attacks, not to mention run-of-the-mill software failures, are like the weather now: partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of your app crashing or your personal information being circulated on the Dark Web.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
There are your run-of-the-mill, garden variety NBA blowouts.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Much of the time, though, run-of-the-mill defenders of animal welfare have ended up with the short straw.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
Companies need ways to entice more people back to the office, and that means making downtown unique, rather than filling spaces with run-of-the-mill restaurants.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
Purchasing a run-of-the-mill Patek can be a rather onerous process, so being allowed to purchase a rare piece like the Grandmaster Chime is nigh on impossible, even for the super rich.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
Brand said even run-of-the-mill, white collar cases he’s been involved in can take years to go to trial.
—USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
What the secular calendar does that your run-of-the-mill perpetual calendar can’t is skip the leap year at the top of each century, which our calendar must do to account for orbital anomalies.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Malicious hacks and ransomware attacks, not to mention run-of-the-mill software failures, are like the weather now: partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of your app crashing or your personal information being circulated on the Dark Web.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
There are your run-of-the-mill, garden variety NBA blowouts.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Much of the time, though, run-of-the-mill defenders of animal welfare have ended up with the short straw.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Run-of-the-mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-of-the-mill. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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