as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
a newspaper editorial offering the timeworn bromide that people should settle their differences peacefully
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Recent Examples of bromide
When ChatGPT suggested swapping sodium chloride (table salt) for sodium bromide, the man made the replacement for a three-month period — although, the journal article noted, the recommendation was likely referring to it for other purposes, such as cleaning.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
While the journal noted that doctors were unable to review the original AI chat logs and that the bot likely suggested the substitution for another purpose, such as cleaning, the man purchased sodium bromide and used it in place of table salt for three months.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
But just one month later, Sun recalled 135,000 vials of vecuronium bromide, a muscle relaxer used during surgery, saying glass particles had been found and could cause life-threatening blood clots.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, bromide can easily build up in the human body, where too much of it impairs nerve function.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
While the journal noted that doctors were unable to review the original AI chat logs and that the bot likely suggested the substitution for another purpose, such as cleaning, the man purchased sodium bromide and used it in place of table salt for three months.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
But just one month later, Sun recalled 135,000 vials of vecuronium bromide, a muscle relaxer used during surgery, saying glass particles had been found and could cause life-threatening blood clots.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, bromide can easily build up in the human body, where too much of it impairs nerve function.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bromide
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Mentality is the critical factor here because, as the cliche goes, the defining feature of any champion team is securing victory in the face of adversity or underperformance.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The same was true of the Dutch squad, and such situations have become something of a World Cup cliche, but in 1974 this was considered novel, and a sign that the sport had become overrun by financial interests, even at international level.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But when this team broke camp, their goal was not to speak in glass-half-full platitudes in late September.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Sep. 2025
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That platitude — polarize — was used multiple times to describe the film’s political world, even the nitty-gritty of it.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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This punishing process, thread by thread, inch by inch, keeps luridness from sinking into banality.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and actualities of a fictional-in-premise-only nuclear attack on the United States is Netflix’s best horse in the race at the Oscars this year.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
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Vance and Miller spoke as if this were a truism.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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That truism apparently extends to Switch modders as well, at least in the case of Ryan Daly.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ion gauges are relatively cheap (under US $1,000) and commonplace.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Sep. 2025
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The fact of death: what a commonplace, what a banal place to land.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Bromide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bromide. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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