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an idea or expression that has been used by many people
ended his letter with the overused truism, "You can't win them all!"
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Recent Examples of truism
That truism apparently extends to Switch modders as well, at least in the case of Ryan Daly.
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2025
There is a truism that a good place to live is a good place to visit—and that relationship often creates a virtuous cycle of development.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
This session has turned on its head the long-running truism that Texas is a weak-governor state.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
River Of Constant Change This (above) truism was offered by Jonny Williams, chief digital adviser, UK public sector at Red Hat.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2025
There is a truism that a good place to live is a good place to visit—and that relationship often creates a virtuous cycle of development.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
This session has turned on its head the long-running truism that Texas is a weak-governor state.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
River Of Constant Change This (above) truism was offered by Jonny Williams, chief digital adviser, UK public sector at Red Hat.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truism
Noun
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Throughout all of Lowe’s platitudes and boosterism, my attention was rapt, and my mind never wandered.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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After, Sutton Stracke offered platitudes while answering questions about her fractured relationships with ex-assistant Avi Gabay and Garcelle Beauvais.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In the last year, after all, heartrending images like these have become part of the ordinary, the everyday, the commonplace.—
Leonard Pitts Jr,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
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But in between these commonplace alerts are empty spaces people wake into as to a sort of apnea.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The lyrics, some inspired by proverbs and biblical passages, convey the fervor of his first love with God, without losing his personal touch.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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His tale has become a proverb for any outdoor fanatic who, despite all of the proper planning and preparation, is undone by forces more powerful than him or herself.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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Many of these same tropes appear in movies such as The Matrix (1999), I, Robot (2004), Transcendence (2014), Ex Machina (2015), M3gan (2022), The Creator (2023), and others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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There’s a reason why the enemies-to-lovers trope is so popular in the romance book community, and Bailey and Ashley only helped further prove it as their icy onscreen clashes slowly melted into a fiery (and definitely temperature-raising) romance.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Turnovers come in bunches, the saying goes.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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Kids can be cruel, as the old saying goes.—
Dr. Mahvash Madni,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The novel’s power lies in its relentless banality—the mind churning while life’s machinery grinds on.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Evil is aided and abetted by the banality of institutions and their functionaries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Doping the Undopable The work focuses on cesium lead bromide nanoparticles known as CsPbBr3.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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There is a reason why the apocalyptic bromides about the state of print haven’t come to fruition, other than for disposable periodicals and newspapers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truism. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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