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trope

[trohp] / troʊp /


NOUN
metaphor
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WEAK
plain speech


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“There’s this trope, isn’t there, where she lets her down, she’s beautiful, everyone gasps,” observed Bruccoleri.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

We’ve never really played with that trope, even though we could, and maybe should.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And we definitely didn’t want to lose the one nonbinary character in the show — a terrible trope we were loath to fuel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Male actors playing female roles were a familiar trope across global theatre, from Europe to Japan and China.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“Don’t you know the other trope? “What’s that?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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