as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
ended his letter with the overused truism, "You can't win them all!"
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Recent Examples of truism
This has been a truism around the Bulls since the organization drafted him in 2020.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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
Against the old truism that translators have unfair leverage over others, these three novels reveal the powerlessness of the translator.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
What is a reliable truism about the world or about people?
—Tracy Brower, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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
Against the old truism that translators have unfair leverage over others, these three novels reveal the powerlessness of the translator.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
What is a reliable truism about the world or about people?
—Tracy Brower, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truism
Noun
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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
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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
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
Noun
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Cora’s passion is helping people discover new ways to think about the commonplace, like our clothing.—
Cora Harrington,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Putting them all together in one attack exploit, however, is far from commonplace.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The German proverb, roughly translated into English, means: Steady dripping caves the stone.—
Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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But remember, where there’s fire, there’s smoke, which may be a reversal of the standard proverb but is highly relevant here.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truism. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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