party lines

noun

plural of party line
as in conventional wisdoms

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  1. chestnuts
  2. routines
  3. platitudes
  4. tropes
Noun
  • There are also some surviving large American chestnuts, some of which have heritable blight resistance.
    — Steve Strauss, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • Mature trees donate an encyclopedia of species, including the regional pines and chestnuts planted on instruction of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in the 1700s.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of chestnuts
Noun
  • His account of his incarceration, with its mind-numbing routines, gang hegemony and intermittent violence, is equally gripping.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Your poodle spent seven years in a puppy mill without a normal family life, regular routines, toys, training, or opportunities to explore the world.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of routines
Noun
  • Leaders must understand grief's unique, individual nature, avoiding assumptions or platitudes.
    — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The shorter run time also means some themes get reduced into syrup; the platitudes come as fast and furious as Tao and Elle’s breakups and makeups, with too little space to breathe in between.
    — Gemma Wilson, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
Definition of platitudes
Noun
  • The book pays homage to all your classic romance tropes — fake relationship, enemies to lovers, boy next door — but spins them on their head in this new take on what happily ever after looks like.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026
  • The series premiering on Starz is, more than anything else, blandly familiar, mining all the tropes of several popular genres without finding anything distinctive in the combination.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of tropes
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