as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
a screenplay that reads like a catalog of mystery-thriller tropes the narrative trope of two rival characters falling in love by the end of the story
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But Good Girl is also stuffed with tropes of a certain kind of millennial novel: A disaffected but self-aware young woman yearns to become an artist.
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Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Many of the genre’s tropes are clichés about specialness.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Since then, Musk has tweeted dozens of times on the subject—mostly amplifying anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim tropes, which British right-wing activists have attached to the abuse scandals for many years.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
In what’s become a standard trope during such disputes, the operator went on to claim that the majority of Optimum video customers do not watch MSG programming.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Many of the genre’s tropes are clichés about specialness.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Since then, Musk has tweeted dozens of times on the subject—mostly amplifying anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim tropes, which British right-wing activists have attached to the abuse scandals for many years.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
In what’s become a standard trope during such disputes, the operator went on to claim that the majority of Optimum video customers do not watch MSG programming.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Trope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trope. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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