commonplace
KOM-un-playsadjMeaning ordinary; not unusual
Memory hook seen in COMMON PLACES everywhere. A plane roars over the river, and nobody fishing even looks up; you can see planes in common places everywhere. They are commonplace now.
Phones that take pictures, once a wonder, are now commonplace.
In context A hundred years ago, flying across the ocean was a daring adventure; today it is so commonplace that passengers sleep through the whole trip.
Similar ordinary, common, everyday, routine
Opposite rare, unusual, extraordinary
A translation of Latin locus communis, “a common place”: a theme or saying everyone used.