as in stereotyped
used or heard so often as to be dull
she quickly learned to ignore her children's hackney complaints like "It isn't fair" and "Why me?"
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as in to overuse
to use so much as to make less appealing
advertisers have hackneyed the word "revolutionary" so much that it now just means that a product is new
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as in surrey
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as in pony
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Recent Examples of hackney
Peter Hartlaub, Orange County Register, 6 Apr. 2017
Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.
—Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
Verb
Director Zach Braff runs in the opposite direction of these stereotypes and all other things hackneyed, crafting an enjoyable time at the movies.
—Noun
Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for hackney
Adjective
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Later, Lenape artist Joe Baker places cutout photographs of his ancestors over the stereotyped images of Native Americans found in the wallpaper.—
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Several leaders described the pressure of being both highly visible and easily stereotyped.—
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Gregg agrees that gray has been overused as a whole.—
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Their answers, unsurprisingly, skew toward once-trending hues that now feel tired and overused.—
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When Tran rang it, Daisy and Kelsey pulled up in a surrey.—
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The clanging warning that a family in a four-wheel surrey pedicab is rolling up behind you.—
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The Patriots have tried to combat that with some of their pony sets (Stevenson and Henderson sharing the field).—
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Shortly thereafter, Belichick was seen attending an adult-cheerleading event where Hudson, wearing a high pony and a red scrunchie, was competing.—
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That includes fewer tired drivers on overnight routes, more predictable freight movement and potentially safer highways over time.—
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The tired hosts will be delighted.—
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Symptoms such as hot flashes and mood changes are well known, and often stereotyped, but experts worldwide want to highlight that women face a huge range of changes to their bodies during the menopause – and lack of awareness means many will start experiencing symptoms without knowing why.—
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Among many challenges, the next president of the church will navigate how to lead a global church from its American headquarters – a church that continues to be misunderstood and stereotyped, sometimes to the point of violence.—
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In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.—
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The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.—
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Parker Knutson's football season at Southwest Minnesota State started like a racehorse bursting out of the gates; five interceptions in his first three games matching last year's total.—
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The track was briefly placed on probation by the CHRB in 2020 due to a spate of racehorse deaths.—
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“Hackney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hackney. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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