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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
Exposure to chemical warfare agents—such as nerve gas—or to pyridostigmine bromide, a drug given to soldiers as a preventive measure against chemical attacks, may have played a role.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Blood testing showed a bromide level that was hundreds of times above normal.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered after a lab report and consultation with poison control, the report said.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Blood testing showed a bromide level that was hundreds of times above normal.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered after a lab report and consultation with poison control, the report said.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bromide
Noun
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Li shook hands with Whitmarsh and exchanged platitudes with the other guests.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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The gap between $0 and $600 million makes his observation harder to dismiss as a platitude.—
Ryan Brennan
March 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The case exposed the depressing banality of it all—the man smiling politely at you at the bakery, only to rape your comatose body at night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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The scale and range of Dominique Pelicot’s partners in crime showed the terrible banality of their acts, and how easily society had allowed them.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That is a truism of NFL free agency.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The play isn’t subtle; the final sequence leans hard on truisms about addiction and trauma, which are affecting but overly explicit.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Such double-headers are far from commonplace in English football, but are becoming more frequent.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The most commonplace and the most concerning, as a consequence, come by way of phishing campaigns.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Fruity Pebbles have become a new shibboleth in the ongoing feud between The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Demi Engemann and Jessi Ngatikaura Draper.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
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This opens up the possibility that the agency can finally be wrenched away from divisive ideologies and progressive shibboleths and become a streamlined international-development assistance system that truly advances America’s interests.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sure, Gyeong-nam is outwardly stoic and hard to read, but his tsundere trajectory and the office romance setting of his romance with Mi-rae are their own polished tropes.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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Blood Meridian throws out the Western trope of good versus evil in favor of a nihilist view of a world consumed by violence.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Bromide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bromide. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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