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
That the gains of trade have been spread unequally now amounts to a truism among economists.
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Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Practice creating and communicating narratives that balance today’s truisms with tomorrow’s opportunities.
—Camille Nicita, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Comments Lovers of Little Women must always face some truisms — Beth will die; Jo will reject Laurie and choose the professor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
And that truism is precisely why the battle for the Black mind has been ongoing.
—Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
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Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Practice creating and communicating narratives that balance today’s truisms with tomorrow’s opportunities.
—Camille Nicita, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Comments Lovers of Little Women must always face some truisms — Beth will die; Jo will reject Laurie and choose the professor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
And that truism is precisely why the battle for the Black mind has been ongoing.
—Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truism
Noun
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Together’s cast and special effects department alone could make for a substantive horror classic, but the script is freighted with distracting cliches and errant plot developments.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
31 July 2025
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And in a twist on the typical movie cliches, guess who plays the ditzy character this time?—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
17 July 2025
Noun
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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
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Walz seemed to agree but then retreated to platitudes.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The sheer number of stray cats in the U.S. makes encounters like this commonplace.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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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
Noun
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That ancient proverb captures the mindset of American investors eyeing the Middle East as a global growth engine.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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A certain proverb about glass houses comes to mind.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truism. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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