as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
ended his letter with the overused truism, "You can't win them all!"
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Recent Examples of truism
Brown’s recommendations reflected a truism: Americans believed that low-calorie food, especially vegetarian food, was a mood killer.
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Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Bear in mind the truism that stock markets can always go down as well as up.
—Dr. Ronald Premuroso, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
According to Joyce, however, this truism depicts both Bloomsbury and the Victorians as monoliths and prevents a nuanced understanding of the complex ways Bloomsbury engaged with its Victorian past.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Democrats who look to California for inspiration would do well to keep that simple truism in mind.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Bear in mind the truism that stock markets can always go down as well as up.
—Dr. Ronald Premuroso, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
According to Joyce, however, this truism depicts both Bloomsbury and the Victorians as monoliths and prevents a nuanced understanding of the complex ways Bloomsbury engaged with its Victorian past.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Democrats who look to California for inspiration would do well to keep that simple truism in mind.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truism
Noun
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Answers vary from obvious to obscure, some citing culture or clutch performances, while others cling to cliches that this club is turning into truths.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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To fall back on one of horror marketing’s favorite cliches, the man has a twisted mind.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Starting with fawning platitudes, the relationship between the world's richest man and the world's most powerful man has come to an acrimonious end.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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Too often people send graduates out into the world with platitudes and lofty thoughts.—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Luxury scented candles, like room sprays for that matter, have the power to elevate any moment: taking it from commonplace to utterly indulgent.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Grand Ole Opry House holds 4,400 people, but can’t accommodate standing-room tours, a commonplace in genres like EDM and hip-hop.—
Matthew Leimkuehler,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Giants have one of the least-talented and most expensive offensive lines in the entire NFL There's an old NFL proverb that suggests games are won and lost in the trenches.—
Geoffrey Knox,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Nobody plots against anyone, but nobody invokes ancient proverbs, either.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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