“Unlock Your Words: Ditch the Clichés and Discover the Secrets to Captivating Writing!”

Some clichés might seem like regular use of language. For example, the Oxford Dictionary lists “at this moment in time” as a cliché. This struck me as pretty basic and straightforward use of language rather than a vivid metaphor that I would expect to be labeled as a cliché. This is a particularly interesting cliché because it can be used literally to refer to a specific moment (“At this moment in time, I’m in the bookstore, looking for a book on space travel”), or it can be used figuratively to refer to a period of time (“At this moment in time, there is no way to travel faster than the speed of light”).

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