catchphrase

Example Sentences

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The president’s catchphrase, after all, was “You’re fired.”

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

The catchphrase “I’ve got an app for that,” eventually highlighted how important iPhone applications were to separate the device from competitors like BlackBerrys.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Since her show’s generative AI is also working for a streaming service that assumes viewers aren’t paying close attention to what’s happening onscreen, the catchphrase is also the show’s title.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

In online posts and videos, he extolled the benefits—one favorite catchphrase is “Holding back to move forward!”—and took on critics who called it cheating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

"McCarthyism" became a catchphrase for the hunt for communist subversives, a frenzy that would engulf the United States for the rest of the 1950s.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau