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cliché

[klee-shey, kli-] / kliˈʃeɪ, klɪ- /


cliche


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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

To do that takes humans able to express themselves without reaching for the nearest cliché.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"It might sound cliché but we had to learn a new way of communicating," she says.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

I know it’s a cliché for me to say I go to record stores, but I do.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

“And it’s not about stereotypical girl topics written in sappy, cliché ways.”

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

Bernstine finds new notes in a role that typically runs to cliche.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

“I’m very grateful for life. It’s so cliche to say, you don’t know the time nor the hour, but it’s true, and it just helped me put a lot of things in perspective,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 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

I'm 50, and this is not a rehearsal, as cliche as that sounds.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

And, though I know it is a cliche, I have to say it nevertheless: You ain’t seen nothin yet.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Yes, it’s trite, but most clichés have an element of truth.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 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

“Rollins hates clichés and signature phrases — ‘licks’ — and refuses to play them,” critic Stanley Crouch wrote in the New Yorker in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

The only “feelings you were allowed to have for your homeland were clichés, kitschy and prefabricated.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Not unless she is imagined to be more than tired tropes and predictable clichés.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan




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