well-trod

comparative more well-trod · superlative most well-trod

1. Synonym of well-trodden.

   TikTok recipes – or FoodTok, to use the parlance of the people – are a genre unto themselves. Creators post short videos of (usually) simple recipes that take fairly ordinary, well-trod ingredients (feta, tomatoes) and give them new relevance.

   2022 August 5, Lauren Sams, “How TikTok is taking over your kitchen”, in Australian Financial Review

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   Between songs and chase scenes, the script (by Jeff Nathanson, who wrote Favreau’s Lion King, two Rush Hours, and one of the later, lesser Pirates Of The Caribbeans) follows well-trod paths, briefly stopping for familiar messages about outsiders, suspicion, and finding one’s family.

   2024 December 18, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Disney's taxidermized IP is brighter and livelier in Mufasa: The Lion King”, in AV Club

   Synonyms: well-trodden