cliché
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Against the risks of didacticism — or, God forbid, “preachiness” — I’ll take the productive tension of the occasional cliché or bald statement of purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"It's cliché but kind of creating and nourishing new life and new growth is just really the circle of life."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
But the murky situation didn’t stop commenters from falling back on a cliché of cancellation: “I never liked his stuff anyway.”
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s called New People, and its program is a set of cliché slogans such as “not revolution, but evolution.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
If I’d dreamed up this mise-en-scène, I would’ve thought it a cliché.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
It’s a cliche: He lit up a room, but he really was everybody’s best friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
One of the charms of baseball is a cliche: Anything can happen — in a single game or in a short series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s so common it’s become something of a cliche.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Describing a result as a 'victory for football' might seem like a trite cliche - but you won't find many neutrals disagreeing with that description of Spain's win in the 2026 World Cup final.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The cliche of time passing slowly usually has to do with idleness and inactivity.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Yes, it’s trite, but most clichés have an element of truth.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
But DC’s latest installment lands like a big hunk of Kryptonite for the dream of a superhero franchise that can transcend the genre’s clichés, Slate’s Dana Stevens writes.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
There’s an old joke that Shakespeare is full of clichés, and it’s funny because he invented them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
By avoiding clichés and featuring a mostly Black cast, Rae’s mission for Hoorae’s new venture is simple: defy expectations and tell a great story.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Not just with objective wonder at the rising of a truth, fragmentary or not, up through what often seemed to be an impenetrable mass of prejudices, clichés, and bromides.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing cliché
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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