axiom

Once that axiom is treated as constitutional common sense, public safety appears already on the side of the enforcement vehicle.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

There is an old military axiom: The enemy gets a vote too.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

It’s like that axiom in football, about practicing something over and over, so in that flash of a moment your body knows what to do even if your brain hasn’t caught up:

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

For a decade, the global luxury industry operated on a simple axiom: As China goes, so goes the bottom line.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026

To satisfy them, Archimedes also included a proof, based upon the accepted mathematics of the time, that relied upon the so-called axiom of Archimedes, although Archimedes himself mentioned that earlier mathematicians deserved the credit.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Indeed, like “Poor Richard,” whom Franklin invented as the author of his bestselling annual “Almanack,” the fictional Spaniard had a talent for axioms derived from observation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Their mathematics and geometry, built on logical proofs from axioms, remain eternal.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025

One of the key axioms of politics in our, and any other, era is that nothing lasts forever.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

“One of the axioms of the system of international relations is that such a system is intrinsically anarchic.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

The PAC echoed the axioms and slogans of that time: Africa for the Africans and a United States of Africa.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela