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  • 61ordinary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. usual, medium, average, unremarkable, commonplace, regular, common; inferior, low; middling, second rate; mediocre, undistinguished. See conformity, habit, simpleness, mediocrity. Ant., unusual,… …

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  • 62Every Little Thing (band) — Every Little Thing Kaori Mochida and Ichiro Ito of Every Little Thing pose in an Aoyama cafe, Tokyo, 2008. Background information Origin Tokyo, Japan …

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  • 63Arthur Danto — Danto redirects here. For the Polish singer, see Louis Danto. Arthur Coleman Danto Full name Arthur Coleman Danto Born 1 January 1924 Ann Arbor, Michigan Era 20th century philosophy Region Western Philosophy …

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  • 64poetry — poetryless, adj. /poh i tree/, n. 1. the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. 2. literary work in metrical form; verse. 3. prose with poetic qualities. 4. poetic… …

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  • 65Johns, Jasper — born May 15, 1930, Augusta, Ga., U.S. U.S. painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He began his career as a commercial artist, producing displays for New York City shop windows. In 1958 he had his first one man exhibition, a rousing success. The… …

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  • 66cliché — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stereotype, plate, cut (See printing); truism, commonplace, platitude; banality, triviality, bromide (inf.). See maxim. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, stereotype,… …

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  • 67common — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, standard, usual, conventional; joint, shared; prevalent, general, universal, popular, customary, vulgar, ill bred, plebeian, coarse. See conformity, habit, generality, populace. II (Roget… …

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  • 68hackneyed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trite, stale, used, banal, commonplace. See habit. Ant., new; profound. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. worn out, old, trite; see common 1 , dull 4 . See Synonym Study at trite . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 69trite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. commonplace, ordinary; hackneyed, stale, old, corny (sl.), Mickey Mouse (sl.); boring, dull; banal. See habit, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hackneyed, prosaic, stereotyped; see common 1 ,… …

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  • 70old-hat — adjective 1. out of fashion a suit of rather antique appearance demode (or outmoded) attire outmoded ideas • Syn: ↑antique, ↑demode, ↑ex, ↑old fashioned, ↑outmoded …

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