as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
an op-ed piece that's offers nothing but warmed-over chestnuts for solving the city's financial woes
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Recent Examples of chestnut
Each is scented with decadent Cardamom Chestnut, which features notes of spicy black cardamom, roasted chestnuts, creamy vanilla, and warm woods.
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Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
On board, travelers are welcomed with an amenity kit featuring Caudalie skincare products and treated to multi-course meals and organic wines (think: scallops with chestnuts and honeyed butternut squash).
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
What to look for when buying chestnuts Preparing the perfect roasted chestnuts starts with a trip to your local grocery store.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Chestnut Praline Latte: Woodland-Themed Christmas Tree Caramelized chestnuts give Starbucks' Chestnut Praline Latte its signature taste.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
On board, travelers are welcomed with an amenity kit featuring Caudalie skincare products and treated to multi-course meals and organic wines (think: scallops with chestnuts and honeyed butternut squash).
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
What to look for when buying chestnuts Preparing the perfect roasted chestnuts starts with a trip to your local grocery store.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Chestnut Praline Latte: Woodland-Themed Christmas Tree Caramelized chestnuts give Starbucks' Chestnut Praline Latte its signature taste.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chestnut
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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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To paraphrase an old proverb, the best time to connect the fights for trans and reproductive rights was decades ago.Colleen Hamilton, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
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This brings up the proverb of wanting to have your cake and eat it too.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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In fact, literary historians believe the canonical Dracula borrowed or plagiarized tropes from the novella as source material.Sally Tamarkin, Them, 23 Dec. 2024
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Plot-wise, there are elements of E.T. and Pixar's Wall-E here, but Sanders has created a unique take on those tropes and standout characters that are all his own.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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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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So Nandor sits down with Guillermo and attempts to sympathize with him, while Colin offers empty platitudes better suited to a coffee mug.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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None capture the awkward banality of the candidate’s actual campaign stop.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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The nuclear industry has a saying: France has two kinds of nuclear reactors and a hundred kinds of cheese, while the U.S. has two kinds of cheese but about a hundred kinds of reactors.Anna Broughel, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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And there's a saying here in India - in a road mishap, the blame goes to whoever's got the more expensive vehicle.New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Chestnut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chestnut. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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