as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities
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Recent Examples of banality
Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
None capture the awkward banality of the candidate’s actual campaign stop.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
This is about the banality of everyday life, about people merely following trends without thought.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
The sunny banalities of New Labour had to give way to some hard truths: as Weber said, politics is drilling slowly through hard boards.
—David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
None capture the awkward banality of the candidate’s actual campaign stop.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
This is about the banality of everyday life, about people merely following trends without thought.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
The sunny banalities of New Labour had to give way to some hard truths: as Weber said, politics is drilling slowly through hard boards.
—David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banality
Noun
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For Butler and the Heat the relationship has devolved to the seeming point of cliche.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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On campus, Landow’s impact has gone beyond the bigger, stronger, faster cliches attached to most strength coaches.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The two-dimensional characters communicate in bromides; Lena’s fellow privates, who suffer from the laziest defining characteristics (coarse Southern gal, proper preacher’s daughter, New Yorker), are the worst offenders.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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In place of triumph-of-the-human-spirit bromides, though, what the book delivers is its own kind of cinema, harsh and true.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2024
Noun
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Putting them all together in one attack exploit, however, is far from commonplace.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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Tour ’74 was Dylan’s first-ever arena tour—a rock commonplace by 1974 that had not even been imaginable in 1966.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
17 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Pat Riley or the Heat can soften their stance with platitudes going forward, but the only response that would resonate would be an extension, or agreement to work out a new deal in the offseason.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2025
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The best leadership books for women tackle the complexities of professional advancement head-on, moving past platitudes to deliver concrete strategies for specific challenges.—
Cynthia Pong, JD,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2024
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This has been a truism around the Bulls since the organization drafted him in 2020.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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That said, there are guideposts and truisms that will give many savers a good shot at getting it right, experts said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Banality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banality. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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