party lines

noun

plural of party line
as in conventional wisdoms

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  1. chestnuts
  2. routines
  3. platitudes
  4. tropes
Noun
  • Candied chestnuts and violets, dark chocolates, and pralines are the specialties at Giovanni Galli, on Corso di Porta Romana.
    — Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There are a few old chestnuts that are sort of irresistible, sort of inevitable.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of chestnuts
Noun
  • The Sun enters your 6th House, beginning a month focused on routines, responsibilities, health, work, and the systems that keep everything moving.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Wearables like the Apple Watch, Oura Ring and Fitbit have fed the behavior by letting users experiment with their routines and measure what works.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of routines
Noun
  • Are the general platitudes about Perry’s talent and why Friends was successful — courtesy of a single cultural critic — really necessary?
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Hughes offered the usual interview platitudes and seemed to be pleased with how his team was playing.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of platitudes
Noun
  • But romances, especially of the sort SJM has written in the past, usually develop through tropes, such as enemies-to-lovers or second-chance romance.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Belying his long history as a Chamber of Commerce Republican, Husted ran through familiar tropes of right-wing populism, blaming Democrats exclusively for fifty years of the valley’s job losses.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
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