no ordinary

idiom

: special or unusual
It was no ordinary day.

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All of this indicates that The Eliot Hotel is no ordinary hotel. Everett Potter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 But even the most snobbish viewer could see that William Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident was no ordinary Western. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025 Late in the second half, the lower bowl – nearly full – began a wave, but this was no ordinary wave. Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025 Of course, this was no ordinary ballet studio, and this was no ordinary ballet class. Cornelia Powers, Glamour, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no ordinary

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“No ordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20ordinary. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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