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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
the wooden steps to the timeworn cottage had rotted and several shutters were missing
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as in cliche
used or heard so often as to be dull
I'm sick of the timeworn "How you've grown!" every time she sees me
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Recent Examples of timeworn
There are the timeworn protests that making bigger sizes is too hard and too expensive.
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Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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Her sweet idiot of a neighbor stood on the unlit front porch of his dilapidated brick rancher as the sun dipped below the horizon and shadows stretched to swallow him.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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While Abang quietly guts chickens in the Pudu wet market and takes odd jobs for half the wages a legal worker would receive, Adik is seen fleeing from a raid by immigration police in a dilapidated apartment block.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Soft landing optimism has led the 2024 stock rally to broaden as of late into more neglected areas of the market such as small-caps.Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, a team aiming to restore a neglected and earthquake-damaged archaeological site in Turkey came across a tiny 3,500-year-old cuneiform tablet.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
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Chicano artists also critically reexamined stereotyped figures, such as the pachuco and pachuca, and retold current and historic events through artworks that questioned hegemonic narratives.Mary Thomas, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Covino is also tasked with the least comedic role and excels at imbuing his character with enough nuance to be the one actor who transcends the script’s stereotyped trappings.Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
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But the media's use of the tired relegation narrative to generate jeopardy misses a broader, more interesting question about what drove the Catalan to commit more emphatically than his last two deals.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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The upcoming holiday season is the perfect excuse to upgrade your tired cookware collection and kitchen appliances.Maggie Horton, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Revelations that are supposed to be moving and heartfelt feel hackneyed and clichéd, and it’s not helped by Shyamalan’s amateurish performance.Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
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Wan bodies the haunted house subgenre here, creating an immersive atmosphere grounded in masterful storytelling and a scrupulous '70s mise-en-scène, one that earns all of its scares by avoiding hackneyed stunts and over-the-top theatrics.Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
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“Timeworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timeworn. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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