ordinary people
collocation in Englishmeaningsofordinaryandpeople
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ordinary
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk/ˈpiː.pəl/us/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofordinaryandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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More surprisingly, he had little time for the actual experiences of the millions ofordinarypeoplewho in our time have been at war.
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What sort of disputes didordinarypeoplebring to court?
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Evenordinarypeopleare beginning to regard them as robots.
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In fact much of what we do is based on experience that "ordinarypeople" (here: not researchers or other elites) have shared with us.
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I chose it because it is recent, brief and relevant toordinarypeople.
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This is surprising, given that questions of revenue generation affectordinarypeoplein basic and sometimes very serious ways.
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Having become a mass profession, science was no longer suspected of becoming elitist and separated from the life and concerns ofordinarypeople.
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It may further be the case that the religious beliefs ofordinarypeoplederive, albeit indirectly, from these extraordinary types.
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They are sung and unsung heroes, (mostly)ordinarypeopledoing extraordinary things.
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The idea that reasonable doubt must already be clear to all becauseordinarypeopleunderstand each of its two constituent terms is laughable.
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But what the documents and records of judicial precedents do reveal is thatordinarypeoplefiled an extraordinarily large number of lawsuits.
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Amongordinarypeople, a thicker cultural brew may be needed to sustain social solidarity and welcome newcomers into a democratic welfare state.
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Ordinarypeoplehad little understanding of or interest in the arcane complexities of revolutionary intrigue.
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How couldordinarypeople, even when they were able to string letters together, write plaints articulately enough to grab the attention of those reluctant magistrates?
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That is whyordinarypeople, especially poor city dwellers, wanted a supply of currency sufficient to go around, even if inferior coins became dominant.
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The main reason is thatordinarypeoplehave become all too conscious of the risks generated by industrial 'progress'.
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Ordinarypeoplemay assume that the rich and the famous know what to say and how to say it.
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The majority of people regard politicians as veryordinarypeople, but with mild disdain, and not with great respect for their authority.
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The book can hardly escape being entertaining, one might say, because it tells the story of how cultural pleasures came to gripordinarypeople.
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