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Recent Examples of truism What is a reliable truism about the world or about people? Tracy Brower, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 Overlooking a dozen little blemishes is much easier when the final piece captivates the imagination, a truism that applies quite well to the new dress-up game Infinity Nikki. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024 These challenges underpin the truism that while AI can transform finance, the potential will be realized only with more than just technological investment. Erum Manzoor, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 The motivation behind the truisms is to create a workplace that employees want to go to — without a back-to-office mandate. Anna Butler, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for truism 
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Noun
  • In a locker room, cliches about teamwork and selflessness often fly around like the practice jerseys that are wadded up and tossed into massive piles atop rolling carts.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Staying in 🎄 This year’s roster of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movies includes an NFL partnership and films that poke fun at the genre’s cliches.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At the same time, Angelou is routinely reduced to an unthreatening avatar of inspirational platitudes, her work often overlooked by academics and critics even as her most quotable quips circulate endlessly.
    TIME, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
  • This narrative represents Millennial Hollywood at its most opportunistic, trading social-justice platitudes for bloodlust.
    Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Cora’s passion is helping people discover new ways to think about the commonplace, like our clothing.
    Cora Harrington, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Putting them all together in one attack exploit, however, is far from commonplace.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The German proverb, roughly translated into English, means: Steady dripping caves the stone.
    Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But remember, where there’s fire, there’s smoke, which may be a reversal of the standard proverb but is highly relevant here.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truism. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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