Commonplace in example sentence

Inside the European Union, the ugly term PIGS (Portugal, Italy/Ireland, Greece, Spain) is now a commonplace, denoting countries that have endangered the euro’s stability and are forcing northern Europeans into costly bailouts.

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But at one time, it was fairly commonplace to think of yourself as a maker.

So I am convinced that if we can unlock the technologies that are commonplace in the richer world to be able to transform foods.

Despite the pictures we are shown daily in the news, wars between developed countries are no longer commonplace.

You need to make that gap as big as possible, because there is this commonplace of the status quo, and you need to contrast that with the loftiness of your idea.

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