run-of-the-mill
adjective
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
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Unlike other coastal destinations that easily succumb to high-rise condos, touristy restaurants, and run-of-the-mill souvenir shops, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea understands that growth doesn’t always equal progress.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
Instead of turning seven surrounding acres into a private golf course, for example, a run-of-the-mill, subsurface stormwater tank would have sufficed to meet stipulations that new developments cannot intensify flooding on neighboring properties.
—Denise Hruby
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
More than a run-of-the-mill sports story, Rocky is ultimately about a man who is taught to believe in himself on a journey that matters more than the destination.
—Sophie Van Bastelaer, EW.com, 7 July 2025
Cuba’s Energy Infrastructure Crisis Cuba’s grid infrastructure is so weak that run-of-the-mill problems like transmission line failures and generator trips are causing widespread outages.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
Instead of turning seven surrounding acres into a private golf course, for example, a run-of-the-mill, subsurface stormwater tank would have sufficed to meet stipulations that new developments cannot intensify flooding on neighboring properties.
—Denise Hruby
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
More than a run-of-the-mill sports story, Rocky is ultimately about a man who is taught to believe in himself on a journey that matters more than the destination.
—Sophie Van Bastelaer, EW.com, 7 July 2025
Cuba’s Energy Infrastructure Crisis Cuba’s grid infrastructure is so weak that run-of-the-mill problems like transmission line failures and generator trips are causing widespread outages.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2025
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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 Jul. 2025.
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