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commandments

NOUN
law
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I was following one of the most important commandments of retirement: Keep busy to stave off feelings of isolation or depression.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 2025

It's one of the great dental commandments - brushing twice a day - and that's what the NHS recommends.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2025

They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2023

Ms. Dragova is also the author of “The 10 commandments of salary negotiation.”

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2021

If the world is to be understood, if we are to avoid such logical paradoxes when traveling at high speeds, there are some rules, commandments of Nature, that must be obeyed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan



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