Sentence examples for hackneyed term from inspiring English sources

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The general election this Friday is teeming with so many unparalleled moments that even "historic" now seems like a hackneyed term.

The practice of using influence and knowledge gained in government service for personal gain and enrichment in the service of special interests (by now a hackneyed term) is appalling and should be outlawed.

Political correctness – if we are to persist with that hackneyed term – required members of a diverse society to accord to others the level of dignity they would want for themselves.

To the extent that there is still a wish on the part of the reader to use the hackneyed term "life," one could say that life (or at least the living systems that we know of) of necessity compete/s.

Some, for example, may need to expand their delivery or logistics capacity at peaks times or during busy order period, and that where Lalamove's "Uber For Logistics" model — to use the hackneyed term — comes into play.

The other issue was that Pawlenty, to borrow a hackneyed term, was too Minnesota Nice.

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Anyone serious about their craft would studiously avoid using these hackneyed terms, except maybe in a satirical way.

A new song, "Heavenly... (Good Feeling)," criticized war in hackneyed terms that could turn the most hard-core dove into a hawk: "Why is it anyone has to die?/ Did they ever ask you why?" There were a few exceptions, notably "Kiss From a Rose," perhaps his best known song, an epic ballad full of sweeping melodies, unexpected shifts in phrases and fearlessly overblown lyrics.

Headed by Pedro "Busy P Winters, Ed Bangerr captured a crossover moment between a generation of young clubbers who were picking at the leftovers of electroclash, and enamoured with the various mutations of hip hop, electro, techno and house that were being called "wonky", "glitchy"; hackneyed terms, sure, but these sounds were searching for a playfulness that Ed Banger embraced in full. .

Afiniti on one hand calls itself a traditional AI company, but on the other, its CEO laments how overused and hackneyed the term has become.

It is remarkable and admirable how much courage and dedication they display, and how much sacrifice they make - so hackneyed, these terms, yet far more true than hackneyed, which is why they always bear repeating - in the execution of the duties they have been rigorously trained to perform.

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