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Overused Expression

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noun

• a trite or obvious remark

35%5Overused, as an expression
adjective satellite

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

34%6 A cliché or overused expression
noun

• a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

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