as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities
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Recent Examples of banality
None capture the awkward banality of the candidate’s actual campaign stop.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
This is about the banality of everyday life, about people merely following trends without thought.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
The sunny banalities of New Labour had to give way to some hard truths: as Weber said, politics is drilling slowly through hard boards.
—David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
An unusual picture of the banality of abusive behaviour challenging ideas of rapists as rare and slightly monstrous exceptions.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
This is about the banality of everyday life, about people merely following trends without thought.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
The sunny banalities of New Labour had to give way to some hard truths: as Weber said, politics is drilling slowly through hard boards.
—David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
An unusual picture of the banality of abusive behaviour challenging ideas of rapists as rare and slightly monstrous exceptions.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banality
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According to Nate, what makes working with Marielle satisfying isn’t just her determination to avoid the cliche, but her willingness to look for the best idea up until the last possible minute.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of the many threadbare cliches passed down among wine lovers, the idea that white wines do not merit aging is among the most egregious.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
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The two-dimensional characters communicate in bromides; Lena’s fellow privates, who suffer from the laziest defining characteristics (coarse Southern gal, proper preacher’s daughter, New Yorker), are the worst offenders.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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In place of triumph-of-the-human-spirit bromides, though, what the book delivers is its own kind of cinema, harsh and true.New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2024
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Putting them all together in one attack exploit, however, is far from commonplace.Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Tour ’74 was Dylan’s first-ever arena tour—a rock commonplace by 1974 that had not even been imaginable in 1966.Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
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Prejudices Today: Can recite political platitudes and career ambitions with ease.Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
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Nathanson plumps the story with platitudes and moments that could lead to, well, more franchising.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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That said, there are guideposts and truisms that will give many savers a good shot at getting it right, experts said.Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Against the old truism that translators have unfair leverage over others, these three novels reveal the powerlessness of the translator.Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Banality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banality. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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