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also cliche
as in stereotyped
used or heard so often as to be dull
a cliché tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich
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variants
also cliche
as in generalization
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clichés
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Recent Examples of cliché
Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
However, and forgive the cliche, but GenAI tools are evolving so fast that what got your organization here won’t get it there.
—Clint Boulton, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Although spring training is the time for even the most downtrodden of teams to speak optimistically, the way that the Angels talk about Fasano goes beyond the normal cliches.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2025
Because of that opposite cliche: Spring evaluations are really hard.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Some criticize the use of tropes as leaning on cliches or lacking originality, but tropes are as old as storytelling itself.
—Denise Williams, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
However, the billionaire’s use of spending cliches to justify the approach was tough to argue with.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Normally, that’s one of the most overused cliches in sports.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Either way, Flagg's status will be a major storyline until at least Friday, when Duke first takes the floor in the Big Dance.
07:31 PM EDT
Breaking Down the Biggest NCAA Bracket Seeding Mistakes
As the cliche says, everybody makes mistakes from time to time.
—Joe Kozlowski, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
The song, the first disco hit and an indelible gay anthem, here feels like a pandering cliche.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
However, and forgive the cliche, but GenAI tools are evolving so fast that what got your organization here won’t get it there.
—Clint Boulton, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Although spring training is the time for even the most downtrodden of teams to speak optimistically, the way that the Angels talk about Fasano goes beyond the normal cliches.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2025
Because of that opposite cliche: Spring evaluations are really hard.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Some criticize the use of tropes as leaning on cliches or lacking originality, but tropes are as old as storytelling itself.
—Denise Williams, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
However, the billionaire’s use of spending cliches to justify the approach was tough to argue with.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Normally, that’s one of the most overused cliches in sports.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Either way, Flagg's status will be a major storyline until at least Friday, when Duke first takes the floor in the Big Dance.
07:31 PM EDT
Breaking Down the Biggest NCAA Bracket Seeding Mistakes
As the cliche says, everybody makes mistakes from time to time.
—Joe Kozlowski, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliché
Adjective
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At the time, Latinos were often cast in stereotyped roles with heavy accents and largely denied the opportunity to direct features.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What are the advances of Gemini Robotics? Carolina Parada, head of robotics at Google DeepMind, said in the briefing that the new models improve over the company’s prior robots in three dimensions: generalization, adaptability, and dexterity.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Mar. 2025
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Encouraging a healthier mindset can be achieved without relying on inaccurate cultural generalizations.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The gel coating around the pads provides a nonabrasive experience that helps lift up tired skin.—
Rosa Jisoo Pyo,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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In their best offensive performance of the season against an admittedly tired and overmatched opponent, the Warriors had season highs in points and assists (42) and committed only 13 turnovers.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Who hasn’t been placated with corporate platitudes or company swag when advocating for concrete change?—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The film follows an ensemble of campers who are weary of platitudes about grief, and speak to one another from a place of radical honesty that is by turns heartbreaking and darkly hilarious, embracing irreverent humor as a cathartic means of self-expression.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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The President’s sweeping orders confirm the truism that political shifts test the elasticity and resilience of American democracy.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The truism has it that most great New York magazine editors come from away—from the West or the Midwest or across the Atlantic—and arrive with an ability to see what natives don’t.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The anime auteur responsible for Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo has been rewriting the rules of anime music since the ’90s, subverting tropes, reimagining genres, and weaving together disparate signifiers from the past and future to tell deeply affecting stories that speak to our present.—
Matthew Ismael Ruiz,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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That damaging trope—that this new generation is too sensitive, too entitled, too hard to manage—has been lobbed at young people trying to make sense of a job market that looks nothing like the one their parents entered.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Direct trade models that are commonplace in the coffee industry are not so in the tea industry (albeit not unheard of), because of the way the majority of the latter operates through world market auctions and regional export/importers.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But for others, particularly younger Americans, this could be the season of life where receiving wedding invitations is commonplace, and the costs are adding up.—
Nerdwallet,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cliché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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