Standard
Standard adjective - Having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind.
Usage example: he's pretty much your standard high-school jock
Uncommon
Uncommon adjective - Not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind.
Usage example: uncommon birds
Nearby Word: uncommonly
Both words in one sentence
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He quickly finds that while outright assassination is uncommon, blackmail and deals made in the bedroom are all but standard procedure.
Source: Decadent Court - There are about half a dozen "standard" vehicle configurations that have been in use for about the last ten years and deviations are pretty uncommon.
- As such, it's not uncommon to see them reapplying Standard Status Effects or a Status Buff on something that they just put it on instead of doing something more productive.
Source: A.I. Roulette
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