seem commonplace

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

Used to suggest that something appears to be normal and not unusual.

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Examples (10)

  • Smartphones now seem commonplace, but they were once a luxury.
  • What was once a radical idea may now seem commonplace to the younger generation.
  • For a frequent traveler, the constant packing and unpacking seems commonplace.
  • In the context of the nineteenth century, such attitudes would have seemed commonplace.
  • Although the technology might seem commonplace today, its invention was a revolutionary breakthrough.
  • His acts of kindness were so frequent that they began to seem commonplace.
  • After living in the city for a decade, the towering skyscrapers just seem commonplace.
  • Doesn't it seem commonplace now for people to order everything online?
  • The level of automation in modern factories would seem commonplace to us, but miraculous to someone from the past.
  • The artist's unique style ensures his work will never seem commonplace.