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5 letters · New York Times · Saturday, July 20, 2019 · 32-Across

Appeared in 8 New York Times Crosswords between May 1995 and July 2019.

Exact puzzle match · New York Times · July 20, 2019 · 32-Across · 5 letters

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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

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