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commonplace

2 noun
     
commonplace2 [countable usually singular]
1 something that happens or exists in many places, so that it is not unusual:
Women's groups have become a commonplace.
2 something that has been said so often that it is no longer interesting or original
3

the commonplace

something that is ordinary or boring [= the everyday]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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