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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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variants
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
David Aldridge, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Staying in 🎄 This year’s roster of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movies includes an NFL partnership and films that poke fun at the genre’s cliches.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
For Butler and the Heat the relationship has devolved to the seeming point of cliche.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
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
According to Nate, what makes working with Marielle satisfying isn’t just her determination to avoid the cliche, but her willingness to look for the best idea up until the last possible minute.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Of the many threadbare cliches passed down among wine lovers, the idea that white wines do not merit aging is among the most egregious.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
But beyond the cliches, what do the mental hurdles of an Open actually entail?
—Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
There’s a kind of a cliche that Americans are very open and Brits are very repressed.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
Noun
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
Staying in 🎄 This year’s roster of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movies includes an NFL partnership and films that poke fun at the genre’s cliches.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
For Butler and the Heat the relationship has devolved to the seeming point of cliche.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
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
According to Nate, what makes working with Marielle satisfying isn’t just her determination to avoid the cliche, but her willingness to look for the best idea up until the last possible minute.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Of the many threadbare cliches passed down among wine lovers, the idea that white wines do not merit aging is among the most egregious.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
But beyond the cliches, what do the mental hurdles of an Open actually entail?
—Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
There’s a kind of a cliche that Americans are very open and Brits are very repressed.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 14 Sep. 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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Solution: Data augmentation, a technique that expands training datasets by creating variations or synthetic examples, and collaborative data sharing, which involves pooling anonymized and aggregated data, enhances model generalization by increasing data diversity and richness.—
Balaji Dhamodharan,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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One of the ultimate dreams of A.I. is generalization: how does your policy do when pushed beyond its training data?—
James Somers,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Soto said this can pose safety issues when workers become tired after working eight hour shifts back to back.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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Proud parents who have sacrificed so much, tired and eager to get home.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, Angelou is routinely reduced to an unthreatening avatar of inspirational platitudes, her work often overlooked by academics and critics even as her most quotable quips circulate endlessly.—
TIME,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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This narrative represents Millennial Hollywood at its most opportunistic, trading social-justice platitudes for bloodlust.—
Armond White,
National Review,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Good news is bad news for investors, as the hackneyed phrase goes.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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The other truisms included creating a feeling that there was activity in the office and connecting workers by having sightlines of visibility throughout.—
Anna Butler,
Boston Herald,
18 Aug. 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
Noun
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Shrek, which amazingly competed against Mulholland Drive at Cannes, was a clever inversion of tropes that were familiar to the point of becoming stale.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Director Josh Ruben, along with screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, craftily concocts a sweetly sinister genre mashup, blending romantic comedy tropes with slasher movie fodder.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And the crew was flying an older-model aircraft that lacked certain safety technologies in its cockpit that are commonplace in those of commercial airplanes in the United States.—
Mark Walker,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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Because of this, what would normally be alarming at any other airport in the country has become commonplace at DCA.—
Megan Christie,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Cliché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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