as in cliche
used or heard so often as to be dull
she quickly learned to ignore her children's hackney complaints like "It isn't fair" and "Why me?"
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as in to overuse
to use so much as to make less appealing
advertisers have hackneyed the word "revolutionary" so much that it now just means that a product is new
Synonyms & Similar Words
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as in surrey
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as in pony
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Recent Examples of hackney
Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.
—Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
Peter Hartlaub, Orange County Register, 6 Apr. 2017
Adjective
Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.
—Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.
—Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
Noun
Director Zach Braff runs in the opposite direction of these stereotypes and all other things hackneyed, crafting an enjoyable time at the movies.
—Peter Hartlaub, Orange County Register, 6 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hackney
Verb
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Another thing that Shakman does is showcase the superpowers but never overuses or over-eggs them.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Researchers are discovering that SWD could have a pyrethroid resistance, so overusing insecticides could cause SWD to gain stronger immunity and spread farther, according to the University of California.—
Sophia Valchine,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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When Tran rang it, Daisy and Kelsey pulled up in a surrey.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2024
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The clanging warning that a family in a four-wheel surrey pedicab is rolling up behind you.—
Tim Ebner,
Washington Post,
10 July 2024
Noun
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Shared by Maryland on the north and Virginia on the south, the park is known for its feral ponies that can frequently be seen from roads.—
Brendan Nordstrom,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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On Monday, July 28, Kaley Cuoco celebrated her fiancé’s 43rd birthday with a sweet photo tribute on social media, but their toddler and her adorable pony ride stole the show.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Several leaders described the pressure of being both highly visible and easily stereotyped.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Their negative stereotyped reputation seems to follow them like ageism follows older employees or sexism follows female employees.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sufferers have also long been stereotyped by doctors, a tendency exacerbated by the fact that migraine patients are predominantly female.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Women are often stereotyped as less decisive than men, but, in reality, studies show that women and men are equally capable of making decisions quickly.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 May 2022
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The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.—
Doug MacCash,
NOLA.com,
17 Sep. 2017
Noun
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The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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All 21 horses racing in this year's Kentucky Derby are reportedly descendants of the famed racehorse Secretariat, according to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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The tired belief that Republicans are better at handling the economy simply isn’t true.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Hackney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hackney. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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