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She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum.
another humdrum day at the office
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The humdrum, the humor, and the humanity in the documentary’s two dozen or so consultations is palpable, enlivening.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
In an effort to take responsibility, Rico gets a job with a restaurant cleaning staff, but that humdrum routine only highlights the daunting prospect of raising a child, putting a strain in his relationships.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Commercial humdrum use of AI will be the mainstay, while breathtaking breakthroughs in AI will be discovered in other countries but not here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Before his death in 2019, Kevin Killian published more than one million words across nearly 2,400 Amazon reviews—a collection of writing that transcends its humdrum genre.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
In an effort to take responsibility, Rico gets a job with a restaurant cleaning staff, but that humdrum routine only highlights the daunting prospect of raising a child, putting a strain in his relationships.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Commercial humdrum use of AI will be the mainstay, while breathtaking breakthroughs in AI will be discovered in other countries but not here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Before his death in 2019, Kevin Killian published more than one million words across nearly 2,400 Amazon reviews—a collection of writing that transcends its humdrum genre.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Humdrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humdrum. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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humdrum
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hum·drum
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