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In New Cognitive Research From Princeton, People's Eyes Reveal That Cliches are Underrated
October 21, 2021
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 21 (TNSJou) -- Princeton University issued the following news:

By Liz Fuller-Wright

Office of Communications

As busy people, we juggle many tasks, keep many balls in the air, and try to avoid letting anything drop. In class, instructors toss out ideas; sometimes they go over our heads, but other times we grasp them quickly.

The sentences above contain familiar metaphors, sometimes called cliches: common words or phra . . .

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