Ancient
Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Commonplace and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Commonplace" instead an adjective "Ancient".
Nearby Word: anciently
Commonplace
Commonplace adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Ancient and commonplace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Commonplace".
Both words in one sentence
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Ancient Greece was, by modern standards, a violent place where swords, spears and unarmed fighting were commonplace, accepted elements of everyday life- yes, even in "gentle", civilized Athens.
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Koji Kitagawa, one of the developers of Skyward Sword, said in an Iwata Asks interview that the Ancient Robots were modeled after the Dogu clay figurines, a commonplace treasure from the Jomon period of Japan.
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