Busy businesswoman in a rom-com, e.g (5)

I believe the answer is:

trope

(Other definitions for trope that I've seen before include "Word used in a figurative sense" , "Figure of speech - or pet (anag)" , "in a manner of speaking?" , "figuratively speaking" , "literary effect" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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