overuse
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"It's the lack of knowledge and the overuse of the terms that can actually harm young people."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“That’s one way that you’ll see a lot more accountability for overuse of force,” Mazariegos said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The overuse of “iconic” has deprived the word of much of its meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
To prevent overuse, it automatically shuts off after 20 minutes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
By lunch, the muscles in my cheeks are twitching from overuse.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
She also overuses Bartleby the Scrivener’s line, “I would prefer not to.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
For this reason, writing that overuses the sentence patterns There are .
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
"Selena + Chef" is an accessible work about process; "Cooking with Paris" is a show pony when famous guests gush over how influential Hilton used to be while she overuses edible glitter.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2021
In the world of the show, Emily is la-di-dah-ing as she overuses Camille on Insta, probably for the cred, while cracking jokes and not thinking about things too much.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2020
He overuses the sidearm slot, but Lock can whip the ball from funky arm angles like few outside of Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers or Matthew Stafford.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2019
To use one of this decade’s most overused words, the outrage seems existential.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Tone poem” is an overused term in cinema, but the humbling “Time and Water,” graced with a playful, atmospheric Dan Deacon score, earns that distinction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Starmer's allies say the best thing to do is to be better, move faster, govern more effectively, and to show voters "the change" - the most overused, ill-defined couple of words in politics.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
I enjoyed Ms. Javor’s op-ed on corporate jargon, though I never came to appreciate the overused metaphors that filled the meetings and memos of my 40-plus-year career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
It is an overused word, but this is what makes him a genius.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
That’s not AI, but we’ve been using those kinds of tools, and there’s always the danger of overusing them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“If you’re overusing AI, that means you’re not doing anything unique as a human in that process, which means you’re going to be even more afraid of AI taking your job,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026
I added in the guideline that we shouldn’t sanction an editor just because they start overusing some words or speaking in what’s “seen” as an A.I.-like tone.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
My own favorite LLM word is liminal, which ChatGPT, when pressed, claims the “culture” started overusing first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The thing about Mr. Grayson’s open-door Babycakes policy was that none of the kids wanted to ruin it by overusing it.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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