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an idea or expression that has been used by many people
an op-ed piece that's offers nothing but warmed-over chestnuts for solving the city's financial woes
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Recent Examples of chestnut
Sicily is well known for its vibrant food scene, which takes on bold new flavors from the fresh autumn harvest of truffles, grapes, olives, eggplant, pomegranates, and chestnuts.
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
However, in the hard mast crop category, chestnuts are also loved by whitetails.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
Using plant textiles painstakingly created from nettles, chestnuts, cow parsley, butterbur and flax salvaged from the compost heaps at Sandringham, Highgrove and the Castle of Mey, the brand's innovative and sustainable designs will form part of their retrospective 20th anniversary show.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Unfortunately, these are rare on the landscape, as an ongoing blight prevents the American chestnut from growing.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
However, in the hard mast crop category, chestnuts are also loved by whitetails.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
Using plant textiles painstakingly created from nettles, chestnuts, cow parsley, butterbur and flax salvaged from the compost heaps at Sandringham, Highgrove and the Castle of Mey, the brand's innovative and sustainable designs will form part of their retrospective 20th anniversary show.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Unfortunately, these are rare on the landscape, as an ongoing blight prevents the American chestnut from growing.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chestnut
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The production’s simplicity ditched the cliches that have accumulated around the play over decades.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The trick to cultivating a distinct identity on LinkedIn is to focus on sharing your unique insights, shaped by your experiences, and ignore the cliches.John Marino, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The recession generated populist revolts on the right (the Tea Party movement) and the left (the Occupy movement), and made what had appeared to be broad public acceptance of pro-market bromides seem like an illusion.Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Antihistamines to reduce the body's immune response (e.g., diphenhydramine) Bronchodilators to further open the airways (e.g., albuterol or an ipratropium bromide and albuterol combination) Insect Stings Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are caused by exposure to an allergen.Daniel More, Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, according to one version of the political proverb attributed to Pyotr Stolypin, the pre-revolutionary prime minister of the Russian Empire, in a year, everything in the country changes; in a century, nothing changes.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2023
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That African proverb captures the essence of teamwork and the rationale for doing it well.Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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In the third installment, Bazmee retains the tropes of the first two Hindi films: a sprawling palatial mansion in which one room has been locked for years because it’s believed that a specter resides there; a royal family hiding secrets; the mysterious dancing Manjulika.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Canada Experimental filmmaker Rankin charmed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight audiences with this offbeat absurdist satire that affectionately borrows the tropes of Iranian arthouse cinema to imagine a parallel-universe Winnipeg where Farsi is the dominant tongue.Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
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Jelani Cobb an hour ago Kamala Harris’s Fourth Quarter Photograph by Kevin Lamarque / Reuters An old sports truism holds that defense wins championships.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Illustration: Sam Whitney; Getty Images Cybersecurity truisms have long been described in simple terms of trust: Beware email attachments from unfamiliar sources, and don't hand over credentials to a fraudulent website.Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 May 2021
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Today, vague, upbeat platitudes about future growth, delivered broadcast-style and business-wide, might turn off your best and brightest.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Over the past few years, we’ve been inundated with warnings, predictions, and future-gazing platitudes about the transformative nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI).Tim Clark, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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None capture the awkward banality of the candidate’s actual campaign stop.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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This is about the banality of everyday life, about people merely following trends without thought.Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
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Well singer Lizzo took the saying to the next level with this Halloween look.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
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Many fans felt that the saying, which came from poet and writer Dorothy Parker, born in 1893, was outdated and rude.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Chestnut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chestnut. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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