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
Drive anywhere in the States and you’ll be hypnotized by banality: Practically every new car looks the same, and the look is boring, pedestrian, smooth-brained.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2024
But that was before the psychological condition of Trump Derangement Syndrome reduced many gifted performers to banality.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
Buxton imbues the film with tension, and as the likable Foster takes John into increasingly obsessive behavior, the film finds more horror movie elements in the banality of the normal.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Manic and magical in a way that makes the banality of its final moments all the more crushing to witness, the episode crystallizes the spirit of perseverance that runs through Suleiman’s entire body of work, its every sly joke and slice of joy an act of rebellion unto itself.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2024
But that was before the psychological condition of Trump Derangement Syndrome reduced many gifted performers to banality.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
Buxton imbues the film with tension, and as the likable Foster takes John into increasingly obsessive behavior, the film finds more horror movie elements in the banality of the normal.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Manic and magical in a way that makes the banality of its final moments all the more crushing to witness, the episode crystallizes the spirit of perseverance that runs through Suleiman’s entire body of work, its every sly joke and slice of joy an act of rebellion unto itself.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banality
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Because, ultimately, there is no success (without struggle), there is no sunshine without rain, all the cliches.Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The production’s simplicity ditched the cliches that have accumulated around the play over decades.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The recession generated populist revolts on the right (the Tea Party movement) and the left (the Occupy movement), and made what had appeared to be broad public acceptance of pro-market bromides seem like an illusion.Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Antihistamines to reduce the body's immune response (e.g., diphenhydramine) Bronchodilators to further open the airways (e.g., albuterol or an ipratropium bromide and albuterol combination) Insect Stings Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are caused by exposure to an allergen.Daniel More, Health, 24 Oct. 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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Neumann was a lifelong social democrat whose writings evince neither sympathy for Soviet communism nor any whiff of the fellow-traveling commonplace among radicals during the 1930s and 1940s.William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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Her tenure in the U.S. Senate was marked by support for standard-issue progressive platitudes.Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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That platitude won’t make any motivational posters, but the point is fair.Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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Jelani Cobb an hour ago Kamala Harris’s Fourth Quarter Photograph by Kevin Lamarque / Reuters An old sports truism holds that defense wins championships.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Illustration: Sam Whitney; Getty Images Cybersecurity truisms have long been described in simple terms of trust: Beware email attachments from unfamiliar sources, and don't hand over credentials to a fraudulent website.Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 May 2021
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“Banality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banality. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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