overused term
Example Sentences
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“It’s an overused term - that he was a dedicated public servant - but that really was Roy,” Tanner said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2023
It’s very much about the banality of evil, an apt if overused term that Hannah Arendt coined while writing about the trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of Höss’ bosses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023
“To use an overused term, all of this would have been completely unprecedented. I can’t imagine anything like that ever having happened before,” he said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022
“Supergroup” is an overused term, hastily applied to any group comprised of musicians who have also previously been musicians.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2020
“Deconstructionist” is an overused term in criticism, but it fits in this case.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2016
