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A little-discussed consequence of the pending calendar turn is the impact it is likely to have on one of the more hackneyed journalistic traditions: the year-in-review survey.
(Nowadays at the Journal , it's considered somewhat hackneyed actually to include the phrase "to be sure" in your "to be sure" paragraph.)
The most overused, overworked, hackneyed word in the cliche-ridden vocabulary of pols and their speechwriters, D.C. bureaucrats, think-tank thinkers, pundits and even lowly working reporters condemned to write about legislation and policy making.
from the enchanted, irradiated island of childhood" (Richard Corliss, Time ). Critics appreciate its avoidance of hackneyed gender politics, and its presentation of the boy's colorful, cartoonlike fantasies.
2) The film begins as an intelligent exploration of the origins of hate and ends as a hackneyed cautionary tale.