1
as in usual
often observed or encountered
not content with the quotidian quarrels that other couples had, they had rows that shook the entire neighborhood
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2
as in daily
occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day
plagued by a quotidian coughing fit, the result of years of smoking
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Recent Examples of quotidian
The questions raised by Nick’s decision, after all, are quotidian ones.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
Someone else would have written a story about an old woman, still alive after three earnest requests not to be, crying at the quotidian touch of her child’s child.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Her quotidian life was lecturing at a college in Aberdeen, close to where she was born, and the travel and mountaineering a teacher’s schedule enables.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Even daily quotidian choices like what to wear and what to eat can flex decision-making muscles.
—Theo Wolf, Contributor, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
Someone else would have written a story about an old woman, still alive after three earnest requests not to be, crying at the quotidian touch of her child’s child.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Her quotidian life was lecturing at a college in Aberdeen, close to where she was born, and the travel and mountaineering a teacher’s schedule enables.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Even daily quotidian choices like what to wear and what to eat can flex decision-making muscles.
—Theo Wolf, Contributor, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quotidian
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang was more somber than usual on the AI juggernaut’s conference call following its blockbuster earnings, according to CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos , who has been analyzing all the action in the cult stock for the last 24 hours.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Temperatures will remain cooler than usual, with highs reaching 69 degrees in the metro.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2025
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Kirsten Acuna,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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Reflective writing, another recent trend, is practically ubiquitous in medical schools and residency programs, and there is some evidence that writing may make doctors more empathetic and observant.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Smart lawn mowers certainly aren't as ubiquitous as their indoor, floor-cleaning counterparts, and there are several good reasons for that.—
John Mihaly,
PC Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Differences of opinion between economists, scorekeepers and analysts are commonplace, as are the heated rhetorical attacks lobbed at the Congressional Budget Office.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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In an era where burnout is commonplace and uncertainty is constant, cultivating playful mindsets may well be one of the most powerful leadership strategies available.—
Anna Boltenko,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The latter star has landed a number of hits throughout the past few years by repurposing melodies and interpolating hooks from older, familiar smashes by other artists, reworking them into something exciting and new for a different audience.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Absence of treatment is not absence of illness, of course, but given how much time Gauguin spent in hospitals, that such a familiar disease would have been missed seems unlikely.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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In other words, Catherine is a nice, ordinary middle-class English girl.—
Adelle Waldman,
New Yorker,
31 May 2025
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Ashley O’Neal, Founder at Summerside Creative Inc., adds that the demand is particularly common in hospitality.—
Kristen Bousquet,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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But Tranter and Bartlett said Trump may settle roughly into this range of having an approval rating between 43 percent and 47 percent given the intense polarization of the country, as has been common in the past couple administrations.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
31 May 2025
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Sources of 2023 household debt in the US include: Credit Cards: $1.13 trillion Mortgage: $12.25 trillion Auto Loans: 1.61 trillion Student Loans: $1.6 trillion Outstanding balances also include debt from retail credit cards, consumer loans and other non-household expenses.—
Kara Nelson,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2024
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Hancock said in the statement that his family canceled their traditional multi-household Thanksgiving celebration.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
25 Nov. 2020
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“Quotidian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotidian. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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