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plain vanilla
[ pleyn-vuh-nil-uh ]
adjective
- having no embellishments, extra equipment, elaborate packaging, etc.; plain; simple; down-to-earth:
I want a plain vanilla car without a lot of chrome trim.
Word History and Origins
Origin of plain vanilla1
Example Sentences
Some are plain vanilla, diversified index funds that let you invest in the entire stock and bond markets, and are excellent core holdings for the great majority of people.
“What really needs to be explicated is not the plain vanilla meaning of insurrection but the whole phrase - insurrection against the United States Constitution,” Delahunty testified on Friday.
“What really needs to be explicated is not the plain vanilla meaning of insurrection but the whole phrase — insurrection against the United States Constitution,” Delahunty testified on Friday.
If the statement is as plain vanilla as expected, it will put all eyes on Mr. Powell’s news conference.
“The FTX collapse has left a stigma on the industry, even though much of FTX’s alleged fraud is what I would refer to as plain vanilla fraud,” said Josh White, an assistant professor of finance at Vanderbilt University and a former financial economist at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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