as in commonplace
not causing surprise because you expected it
His anger over the mix-up is unsurprising. an unsurprising fact
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Recent Examples of unsurprising
Given its title, a Screenings-week Going Dutch sale to Talpa in the Netherlands felt rather unsurprising.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
This was perhaps unsurprising: Korean women have been known to berate their Vietnamese daughters-in-law for peeling apples in the wrong direction.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
In the ensuing months, the Saints and the archdiocese worked hand-in-hand, perhaps unsurprising given the close relationship between the team’s owner, Benson, and Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Trump’s pick to run the Department of Energy is also telling, though unsurprising.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
This was perhaps unsurprising: Korean women have been known to berate their Vietnamese daughters-in-law for peeling apples in the wrong direction.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
In the ensuing months, the Saints and the archdiocese worked hand-in-hand, perhaps unsurprising given the close relationship between the team’s owner, Benson, and Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Trump’s pick to run the Department of Energy is also telling, though unsurprising.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsurprising
Adjective
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Robot backflips are becoming commonplace, but a front flip is significantly more difficult than a backflip, as any gymnast can attest.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Committee reassignments are commonplace in the Legislature, and politics can seep in.—
Anabel Sosa,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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Then Saturday, Columbus sputtered to a disappointing (and boring) scoreless draw at home against the Houston Dynamo, one of the weakest MLS teams.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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Literature that doesn’t contain its own version of this deal—literature that tries to freeze-frame reality instead of transmuting it—is often boring, even alienating.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These are taxed at different (typically lower) rates than ordinary income.—
Heather L. Locus,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Wentworth, her successor, has begun the process of getting Walgreens back to the core of what it’s always done best — filling prescriptions and meeting many other day-to-day retail needs of ordinary folks.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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When Luca pulls a gun on him, ordering him to drive, Spencer quickly disarms him and then slaps him for the stupid move.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
9 Mar. 2025
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Indexing gives you a better chance to ‘be less stupid.’ — Investment advisor Barry Ritholtz Those dismal statistics come to us via the latest annual SPIVA scorecard (the acronym stands for Standard and Poor’s Index vs. Active).—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 2024-25 Bruins are slow, short on skill, inconsistent on defense and diminished in net.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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But Donald Trump’s tariff attacks on Canada—and, even more, his insistence that the country should be incorporated as the fifty-first state—may halt this slow drift into the United States’ baleful orbit, at least for now.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The common pitch for crypto payments has centered on lower transaction costs, but this misses the bigger picture.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Is this sense of Hindu identity also really a part of the dreams of the common people?—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Follow the money: The stock market, for one, is tiring of such shenanigans.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
7 Mar. 2025
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In Aurora, voters seem to be tiring of two-term incumbent Republican Richard Irvin, who was the top vote getter but got just 38%.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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The other part of him, the innie, is for all intents and purposes 2 1/2 years old.—
Gary Levin,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Unsurprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsurprising. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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