as in exhausting
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
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Still, investors in tech giants are growing nervous because these firms are essentially exhausting their available capital to fund the infrastructure buildout, according to Luria.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026 -
But some districts are hitting their ninth snow day of the year, exhausting the stockpile.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
4 Feb. 2026
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That absence increases the risk of caricature and stereotyping in AI image outputs of the Black community.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Analysis is valuable to prevent biases like stereotyping and misjudging probabilities, while intuition is valuable for creativity and rapid adaptation to complex problems.—
Hulan Hagen,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Education experts and parent advocates who are concerned about schools overusing devices for instruction said the documents shed new light, in candid detail, on the business motivations behind one of the biggest technology companies marketing its products to teachers and school administrators.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026
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Results build gradually, so skipping days or overusing strong formulas can set you back.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2026
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While practical, this find is far from boring.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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And maybe part of that call of fate was to work for the brilliant, but odd, and never boring Irving Langmuir.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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That range can provide diversification benefits without overexposing retirees to price swings that don't generate dividends or interest.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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David and Victoria are early pioneers in the modern practice of overexposing one’s offspring.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Hackneying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hackneying. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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