<span> It means a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.</span>
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To support a very general thesis about the text
The McCarthy hearings were similar to the witch trials. As in the McCarthy Hearings, these people were put on trial without any way to defend themselves. Finally, both during the McCarthy Hearings and during the Salem Witch Trials, the general public was so afraid of being accused of being a communist or a witch respectively that they did not dare question what was going on, nor put a stop to it.
(p.s. please make brainliest. if not its okay tho)
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Explanation: the other three are either irrelevant or have already been answered in the text.