cliche
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“I don’t know why it became a cliche to say it’s an honor to be nominated, but it’s a hundred percent the truth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Bernstine finds new notes in a role that typically runs to cliche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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
He said while this "sounds like a big cliche", he found that moment emotional and was "very proud to be here and very proud to represent my country".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
And you’ll often be surprised, and your writing will be livelier, if you take a few seconds to look up the original wording of a cliche.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Calling him an old soul veers a little too close to cliché, but it’s clearly something that he’s heard all of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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
This culinary artist is one of that clan of uncompromising foodie obsessives who are beginning to become a cliché in popular culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He went on to form The Smiths with Morrissey in 1982, defining an entire era of indie music with his intricate, chiming tones - rooted in British pop, while stubbornly avoiding cliché.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
Yes, it’s trite, but most clichés have an element of truth.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s one of the great clichés of Mexican culture — how our parties always end in tears and worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Like awful writers, large language models are programmed to reach for clichés.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
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 cliche
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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