as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
ended his letter with the overused truism, "You can't win them all!"
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Recent Examples of truism
These challenges underpin the truism that while AI can transform finance, the potential will be realized only with more than just technological investment.
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Erum Manzoor, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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
The history of wellness suggests that the best way to defuse Kennedy’s power is not by litigating each one of his beliefs, some of which are irrefutable health truisms, but by understanding why the promise of being well has such lasting appeal.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Yet, in business, this truism is often easier said than internalized.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Erum Manzoor, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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
The history of wellness suggests that the best way to defuse Kennedy’s power is not by litigating each one of his beliefs, some of which are irrefutable health truisms, but by understanding why the promise of being well has such lasting appeal.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Yet, in business, this truism is often easier said than internalized.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truism
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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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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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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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But remember, where there’s fire, there’s smoke, which may be a reversal of the standard proverb but is highly relevant here.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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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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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truism. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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