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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
The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.
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Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Doping the Undopable The work focuses on cesium lead bromide nanoparticles known as CsPbBr3.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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.
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Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bromide
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.
—
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Doping the Undopable The work focuses on cesium lead bromide nanoparticles known as CsPbBr3.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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,
24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bromide
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There’s passable yet indistinguishable music in this exact style dropping every day, but the difference with Chicago’s Fatso is that his lyrics feel like scraps of conversations that communicate his hurt without leaning on platitudes.
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Victor Lindelof’s pre-match comments smacked of bombast and confidence, the sort of words which are said but not meant, platitudes used to motivate rather than to be sworn under oath.
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Communion does him no favors, though, mostly in its sheer banality.
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Here, Laura, a magazine writer in London, drifts through old friendships, failed romances, and the gothic banalities of family life.
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This is certainly true—and a rather banal truism.
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Rick Jackson is testing that truism in his campaign for Georgia governor.
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Wolff was only the eighth woman to drive a Formula 1 car (four more have done it since); the role, a now-commonplace one that includes driving the simulator during Grand Prix weekends to inform trackside strategy, was created for her.
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The videos are often integrated into larger montages of drone strikes, underscoring how commonplace these drones have become for Russian forces.
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But a new shibboleth has seized the day.
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The director scores easy laughs off of modern-day progressive shibboleths such as gender-fluid pronouns, trigger warnings and Native American land acknowledgments.
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While the crime plot is an obvious highlight, I was stunned by Tilly and Gershon’s incredible chemistry and the rejection of stereotypical noir tropes.
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This cannot happen if lazy tropes around risk and governance continue to overshadow the ingenuity already present on the continent.
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“Bromide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bromide. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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