golden rule
Example Sentences
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By posing for the magazine spread, the bankers had broken the golden rule of finance fashion: Never dress above your station—and certainly never better than the boss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The golden rule of credit-card spending is to pay off your balance every month.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
After living in Southeast Asia for nearly seven years, I go by the golden rule: If you see pandan on a menu, order it.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025
The golden rule is just as bright and as true today as it was thousands of years ago, and it is not recorded that any man was ever hung that lived up to it.
From How to Collect a Doctor Bill by Davis, Frank P.
