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trope

[trohp] / troʊp /


NOUN
metaphor
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
plain speech


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Another trope Hartnett identifies in asset allocation is “Anything But China.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The continuing “No Ordinary Love” campaign speaks to the Gen Z-led revival of the romance genre as well as the AI-era’s reading-as-a-status-symbol trope.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Hopkins registered the trademark in 2018 and began contacting authors who had also used the descriptor — and the list was long, because the cocky, arrogant hero is a romance trope.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

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

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

If you can’t get enough of that show’s visual irony, metatextual references and winking at entertainment tropes, here’s 10 more episodes of the same feeling, only Earthbound.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Both were affectionate parodies of tropes from classic musicals dating to an era when the art form was far more culturally influential than it is now.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Although Cristle and Sunny’s paths don’t cross frequently, both are bucking certain tropes.

From Salon May 11, 2026

One of the recurring tropes in “The Things We Never Say” is of a younger Artie spying his sister Maria eating confectioners’ sugar.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

But as I’ll hope to show, figures and tropes are essentially very straightforward things that happen to have Greek and Latin names.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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