See banal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2013, John Carney, Begin Again (motion picture), spoken by Dan (Mark Ruffalo):",
"text": "One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning! All these banalities - They're suddenly turned into these… these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From Music.",
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"ref": "1926, Thomas Guérin, Feudal Canada: The Story of the Seigniories of New France, page 72:",
"text": "They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.",
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"ref": "1984, C. Warren Hollister, “War and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Norman world: the reign of Henry I”, in Anglo-Norman Studies VI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1983, page 79:",
"text": "French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]",
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{
"ref": "2002, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 138:",
"text": "To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?",
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"sense": "common",
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"word": "ბანალური"
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"word": "μπανάλ"
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"word": "따분하다"
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"word": "banal"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "banalny"
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"word": "бана́льный"
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"word": "изби́тый"
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"word": "banálny"
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"lang": "Slovene",
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"code": "tr",
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"word": "banal"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"word": "бана́льний"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"word": "звича́йний"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "common",
"word": "nhàm"
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