clichés

variants also cliches
plural of cliché

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clichés
Noun
  • Miškinis and writer Eglė Vertelytė (who adapts Rimantas Kmita’s semi-autobiographical novel) masterfully dodge genre tropes, avoiding confining their characters to simplistic labels and keeping the focus of their arcs self-motivated.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Kon subverts slasher tropes and nimbly toys with reality, constantly upending audience expectations and keeping us on our toes.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk also issued sweeping, negative generalizations about members of some minority groups, including Black people, which many critics viewed as racist.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • While most viewers praised the message, others challenged its generalizations.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Continue reading … BLIND LOYALTY – Karine Jean-Pierre has rocky rollout for book as reviews pan Biden defense, platitudes.
    , FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Survivors need concrete safety and justice, not spiritual platitudes.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the movie’s soft-hearted underbelly fails to support that reading, and by the time the story finally arrives at its final moments, the unsparing cynicism that supplied its initial lift has been dragged back down to Earth by the weight of bland truisms.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and actualities of a fictional-in-premise-only nuclear attack on the United States is Netflix’s best horse in the race at the Oscars this year.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Juelich says, referring to longtime stereotypes.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Through intimate interviews with players, coaches, parents, journalists and opponents, director Kevin Shaw probes media bias, racial stereotypes, community pride and the ethical complexities of youth sports—showing how a moment meant to celebrate young athletes became a lasting stigma.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Incidents of such poisoning saw a sharp decline when the Food and Drug Administration phased out the use of bromides in pharmaceuticals between the mid 70s and late 1980s.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The organization would serve as a central force for disseminating information and furthering research aimed at restoring American chestnuts to the wild.
    Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The only way to end Argentina’s currency nightmare and pull Milei’s chestnuts out of the fire is to replace the peso with the dollar.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Clichés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9s. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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