overused term

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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 an overused term — that he was a dedicated public servant — but that really was Roy,” Tanner said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

His emotionally prismatic, novelistic first feature, 2011’s “In the Family,” laid bare a fraught custody battle with uncommon grace, and his latest, “A Bread Factory,” just in cinemas, earned that overused term “intimate epic.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2018

“I think there’s a direct reason for that: It’s the approachability of the whiskey. ‘Smooth’ is an overused term, but you can’t avoid it when you talk about Irish whiskey.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2018

“Deconstructionist” is an overused term in criticism, but it fits in this case.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2016