well-trod
Americanadjective
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“Man on Fire” goes down a few well-trod, genre-specific paths, among them premise-abandonment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
This is well-trod philosophical ground — referencing “negative” and “positive” rights, natural law and all the usual back and forth about originalism and whether the Constitution is living or static.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
In joining Lilly, Marks is traveling a well-trod path of former top FDA officials taking jobs at the companies they once regulated.
From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025
Here I should admit that I’m uniquely primed for this cynicism, with an email inbox ever full of pitches with well-trod Asian American narratives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
From where he’s standing, he can see the sky and a well-trod path that he knows will lead him out of these woods no matter which way he follows it.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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