as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities
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Recent Examples of banality
Barton appears to enjoy juxtaposing the banality of Helen’s life as a wife and mother—flawlessly hosting her husband’s holiday work party, sticking jewels on a crown for a Nativity costume—with the extravagant action of her secret life.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
The language of war ranges from the tired banalities of militarist rhetoric to visceral combinations of horror, tenderness, and irony that produce memorable evocations of modern combat.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Then there’s the huge tranche of footage filled with little banalities, like the regular ritual of producers collecting participants for organized trips to the bathroom, or the small areas of the lounges that rarely appear onscreen because they’re lined with baskets of personal items.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
The language of war ranges from the tired banalities of militarist rhetoric to visceral combinations of horror, tenderness, and irony that produce memorable evocations of modern combat.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Then there’s the huge tranche of footage filled with little banalities, like the regular ritual of producers collecting participants for organized trips to the bathroom, or the small areas of the lounges that rarely appear onscreen because they’re lined with baskets of personal items.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banality
Noun
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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
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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
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The two-dimensional characters communicate in bromides; Lena’s fellow privates, who suffer from the laziest defining characteristics (coarse Southern gal, proper preacher’s daughter, New Yorker), are the worst offenders.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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In place of triumph-of-the-human-spirit bromides, though, what the book delivers is its own kind of cinema, harsh and true.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2024
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Cora’s passion is helping people discover new ways to think about the commonplace, like our clothing.—
Cora Harrington,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Putting them all together in one attack exploit, however, is far from commonplace.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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Typically, the focus is on court operations and budget — the number of cases handled, number of cases resolved, and so on — with occasional platitudes about access to justice.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Many of their remarks were vague and filled with typical management platitudes, but below are some of the snippets of conversation that caught my attention over two days of schmoozing with watch executives employed by one of the most powerful groups in the industry.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Banality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banality. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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