as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
"blondes have more fun" is a silly platitude
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Recent Examples of platitude
But until there’s a contract signed, any public platitudes are just that.
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Every week, there’s a new example of the upside-down logic at work in the White House: platitudes that say one thing, policies that portend another.
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
Comer must respond, not with platitudes, but with action.
—Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
The reason that values such as integrity and fairness become platitudes is that there is a lack of understanding of the architecture of character that underpins their manifestation.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Every week, there’s a new example of the upside-down logic at work in the White House: platitudes that say one thing, policies that portend another.
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
Comer must respond, not with platitudes, but with action.
—Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
The reason that values such as integrity and fairness become platitudes is that there is a lack of understanding of the architecture of character that underpins their manifestation.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for platitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
Noun
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Awarded a second-half penalty against Bremen, Patrik Schick and Exequiel Palacios squabbled over who should take it, in a cliche of team dysfunction.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Of course, some cliches are nothing but lazy thinking.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There is a truism that a good place to live is a good place to visit—and that relationship often creates a virtuous cycle of development.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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The 2025 session put a bit of a wrinkle in that truism.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Noun
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However, swapping out classic sodium chloride for sodium bromide is a solid way to give yourself acne, involuntary muscle spasms, and paranoid psychosis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered after a lab report and consultation with poison control, the report said.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Platitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitude. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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