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
And as his fellow nominees have trudged through the Q&As, Chalamet has largely eschewed the traditional banalities of awards season.
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Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were attainability, banality and inability.
—Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The scene that follows—an intense grief followed by a quick return to the dull and depraved routine of trying to score their next hit—captures both the extremism and the banality of addiction and homelessness.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
In a sea of facile banalities, his lyrics take us back to the golden era of Spanish language singer/songwriters, but set to contemporary arrangements that place them squarely in 2025.
—Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were attainability, banality and inability.
—Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The scene that follows—an intense grief followed by a quick return to the dull and depraved routine of trying to score their next hit—captures both the extremism and the banality of addiction and homelessness.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
In a sea of facile banalities, his lyrics take us back to the golden era of Spanish language singer/songwriters, but set to contemporary arrangements that place them squarely in 2025.
—Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banality
Noun
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Nonetheless, there is a satisfying, compact completeness to their handling of the storylines of four different young mothers and sufficient grace notes are enabled in each case to stave off the cliches that occasionally threaten to engulf events.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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Democrats kept presenting cliches as insights and old ideas as new ideas.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
19 May 2025
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But behind such vague bromides are specific national qualities that social scientists can identify and measure.—
Michael J. Mazarr,
Foreign Affairs,
21 June 2022
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The teenage Miller invited Horowitz to speak at Santa Monica High School in the early aughts, entranced by his bromides against multiculturalism.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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Luxury scented candles, like room sprays for that matter, have the power to elevate any moment: taking it from commonplace to utterly indulgent.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Grand Ole Opry House holds 4,400 people, but can’t accommodate standing-room tours, a commonplace in genres like EDM and hip-hop.—
Matthew Leimkuehler,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Historically, these White House sit-downs were dull affairs, replete with grip-and-grin platitudes and geopolitical jargon.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
22 May 2025
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The lyrics, also Thurber’s, reiterate the kinds of platitudes found in Goddess’s book.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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According to Joyce, however, this truism depicts both Bloomsbury and the Victorians as monoliths and prevents a nuanced understanding of the complex ways Bloomsbury engaged with its Victorian past.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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Democrats who look to California for inspiration would do well to keep that simple truism in mind.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Banality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banality. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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