1
as in normal
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
a commonplace occurrence
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2
as in ubiquitous
often observed or encountered
the large corporate mergers that have become commonplace
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as in cliche
used or heard so often as to be dull
a thriller that uses the commonplace plot twist of the evil twin
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as in cliché
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
the familiar summertime commonplace that "It's not the heat, it's the humidity"
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Recent Examples of commonplace
Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
Throwing 300 innings in a season was once commonplace; in 1969 alone, nine pitchers did it.
—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
Neumann was a lifelong social democrat whose writings evince neither sympathy for Soviet communism nor any whiff of the fellow-traveling commonplace among radicals during the 1930s and 1940s.
—William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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Adjective
Movements of this magnitude have become commonplace for Tesla’s stock.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
Throwing 300 innings in a season was once commonplace; in 1969 alone, nine pitchers did it.
—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
Tour ’74 was Dylan’s first-ever arena tour—a rock commonplace by 1974 that had not even been imaginable in 1966.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
Neumann was a lifelong social democrat whose writings evince neither sympathy for Soviet communism nor any whiff of the fellow-traveling commonplace among radicals during the 1930s and 1940s.
—William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commonplace
Adjective
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This health condition occurs when your blood sugar is slightly higher than normal but not yet in the range for type 2 diabetes.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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Augusta National operates differently than normal places.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sheer looks are a ubiquitous part of many a modern red carpet event.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Plugging his new album with the wonderfully ubiquitous Brandi Carlile, the EGOT winner is the musical guest this week with Oscar nominee Carlile, who is back for her third time too.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
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The song, the first disco hit and an indelible gay anthem, here feels like a pandering cliche.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, and forgive the cliche, but GenAI tools are evolving so fast that what got your organization here won’t get it there.—
Clint Boulton,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The group were among around 7,000 people recently released from scam centers run by criminal gangs and warlords operating along Myanmar’s border with Thailand, where many are held against their will and forced to work conning ordinary people, including American citizens, out of their life savings.—
Teele Rebane,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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For most ordinary owners, there's always one area of the house that could use a little TLC.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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That’s not to say there isn’t more cleanup than usual between showings.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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While the set seems a bit on the chintzy side, scenic designer Beowulf Boritt does his usual stellar work, assisted immensely by Ken Billington’s full-of-pizzazz lighting design.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At the time, Latinos were often cast in stereotyped roles with heavy accents and largely denied the opportunity to direct features.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Gaining insights into tariff talks would fall squarely within Beijing's typical spying domains, Gundert said.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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By the early 1960s, a typical Broadway season would field on average 60 or so shows.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux said there’s more to come, but this wasn’t your typical Cannes Competition lineup studded with older, familiar auteurs.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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There was also a memorandum of agreement about the move signed on Monday by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek, according to one source familiar.—
Aaron Navarro,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Commonplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonplace. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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