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Recent Examples of clichéd Set in a terminal at Newark Airport during the holiday rush, the sketch plays as a Christmas pageant of all the most cliched airport behavior, from taking your weed edible too early and in too high a dose to the couple disagreeing over joining the mile high club. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 22 Dec. 2024 In the new Hulu show Interior Chinatown, a background actor trapped playing different cliched Asian characters on a police procedural gets involved in Chinatown’s crime scene. Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024 There are subtle hints of green — namely in the shamrock brooch — but Weber wanted to move away from the need for cliched green to represent her homeland. Caoimhe O'Neill, The Athletic, 24 July 2024 How to Die Alone definitely finds its groove mid-season as the show moves forward in a way that’s comfortably predictable yet never cliched. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024 Unfortunately, this practice makes all digital content look the same: robotic, devoid of emotion, cliched, meaningless, and lacking personality or natural flavor. Rachel Wells, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 There’s an easy, cliched way to sound design drunkenness. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024 Lyrics make nods to cliched sentiments that could have been sung by both Jone Jett and Aaron Carter. Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 12 Sep. 2024 The bottom line: Some lines are old and a bit cliched, but still be true. Neil Irwin, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clichéd
Adjective
  • 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
  • Chicano artists also critically reexamined stereotyped figures, such as the pachuco and pachuca, and retold current and historic events through artworks that questioned hegemonic narratives.
    Mary Thomas, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • In Germany in the early 1930s, many people were tired of violence, uncertainty, and a failing economy and hoped that a strong leader would heed their concerns and come up with new and effective solutions to bring better and calmer days.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • People are tired of prescribed approaches to their work.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But the hackneyed drama hasn’t mustered much enthusiasm from critics or moviegoers, and was unsurprisingly overlooked in the Globes’ best drama category.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Revelations that are supposed to be moving and heartfelt feel hackneyed and clichéd, and it’s not helped by Shyamalan’s amateurish performance.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Instead of using the default gray/green background LinkedIn provides, which is boring, or a standard stock image, which can be trite, turn your background into a call-to-action.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • There is a monthly overview and then a page for each day, along with a quote that manages to be thought-provoking without being too trite.
    Medea Giordano, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Clichéd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9d. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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