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also cliche
as in stereotyped
used or heard so often as to be dull
a cliché tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich
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also cliche
as in generalization
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clichés
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Recent Examples of cliché
Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
All the cliches about how hard he’s worked in the weight room and on the football field … his work in the classroom is even more impressive, if not equally impressive.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Charli’s late collaborator Sophie hovered over the set in spirit, a producer in love with the emotional scale of pop while dissatisfied with its cliches.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Ditch the cliches to accelerate intimacy in new creative ways, like incorporating sensory experiences.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
All those cliches about teamwork and belief and optimism?
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
The cliche goes that the NHL, like any professional sports league, is a business.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Such demands are rare for Altuve, a man who reserves most of his public comments for praising his teammates and cliches.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
In a locker room, cliches about teamwork and selflessness often fly around like the practice jerseys that are wadded up and tossed into massive piles atop rolling carts.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
But my money’s on Baker, one of the world’s finest filmmakers who tells stories about characters Hollywood so often turns into cliches and leaves behind.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
All the cliches about how hard he’s worked in the weight room and on the football field … his work in the classroom is even more impressive, if not equally impressive.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Charli’s late collaborator Sophie hovered over the set in spirit, a producer in love with the emotional scale of pop while dissatisfied with its cliches.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Ditch the cliches to accelerate intimacy in new creative ways, like incorporating sensory experiences.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
All those cliches about teamwork and belief and optimism?
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
The cliche goes that the NHL, like any professional sports league, is a business.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Such demands are rare for Altuve, a man who reserves most of his public comments for praising his teammates and cliches.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
In a locker room, cliches about teamwork and selflessness often fly around like the practice jerseys that are wadded up and tossed into massive piles atop rolling carts.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliché
Adjective
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Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Founded by artists who grew up in Maryvale, Salcido said the purpose of Labor is to be the bridge that shows the artistic capacity and potential of Maryvale because the neighborhood is too often stereotyped, underrepresented and ignored.—
David Ulloa Jr,
The Arizona Republic,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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When providing feedback to a manager, focus on specific observable behaviors and their impact instead of using generalizations or judgments.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, patients were all Asian and selected from a single health center, reducing any generalization of results to other populations.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the skincare world, the best retinol serums are put on a pedestal, touted for their ability to breathe new life into tired, aging skin.—
Denise Primbet,
Glamour,
24 Feb. 2025
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If Lionel Messi and his teammates seem a bit tired and stiff in their MLS season opener against NYCFC on Saturday night, there is a reasonable explanation.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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No matter how appropriate the words are, the communication will feel less like a celebration and more like an inauthentic, low-effort platitude due to the lack of human effort.—
Andrew Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps the fires that devastated Los Angeles in early January will take such platitudes out of circulation, at least for a little while.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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But there’s a truism embedded in its hyperbole: Most people on good terms with their mother would describe her as the world’s greatest, regardless of any flaws and errors along the way.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Sure, better a Jesse than the Pacific Lumber Company, but there’s still a sentimental solipsism in Redwood, an uneasy aspect of emotional tourism smothered in a broadside of throw-pillow truisms on connection, growth, and healing.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Donkey provided comic relief, pathos and friendship to Shrek, with the film praised for its humorous twist on fairy-tale tropes.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Despite the slowdown of viral fashion cores and aesthetics, the New York runway was home to several distinct fashion tropes.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While fentanyl is not widely abused in Mexico, methamphetamine addiction is commonplace.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Data breaches are now commonplace, with over 22 billion records exposed globally in 2021 alone.—
Chad Angle,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Cliché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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