well-trodden
adjective
: walked on by many people
a well-trodden path
—often used figurativelyThe book covers some well-trodden ground.
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Daily life has been upended at schools, hospitals, stores and restaurants and in neighborhoods where sidewalks were once well-trodden with runners, people walking their dogs, families taking daily strolls and children heading back home after getting dropped off by the bus.
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The writer-director takes a refreshingly less well-trodden path to illustrate cultural strictures that shape their experience.
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Neither takes any sort of well-trodden path, performance-wise.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
The writer-director takes a refreshingly less well-trodden path to illustrate cultural strictures that shape their experience.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025
Neither takes any sort of well-trodden path, performance-wise.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The path from active WWE Superstar to a backstage producer role is a well-trodden one within the company.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Well-trodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-trodden. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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