well-trodden
adjective
: walked on by many people
a well-trodden path
—often used figurativelyThe book covers some well-trodden ground.
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Book to Screen Surge While the route from book to screen is a well-trodden one, in recent years, the demand for literary IP has reached a fever pitch.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Their resulting contributions adds a fresh spin onto a well-trodden classic.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
That well-trodden formatted path of a pair of grizzly detectives solving the unsolvable each week feels very much in vogue again.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
These are well-trodden observations, the kind of bottom-shelf one-liners that comics of yore once made entire careers out of.
—Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024
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John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Their resulting contributions adds a fresh spin onto a well-trodden classic.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
That well-trodden formatted path of a pair of grizzly detectives solving the unsolvable each week feels very much in vogue again.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
These are well-trodden observations, the kind of bottom-shelf one-liners that comics of yore once made entire careers out of.
—Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Well-trodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-trodden. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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