dictum
Example Sentences
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Write what you know, goes the dictum, and according to Mr. Pearl “some of this happened.”
President Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 dictum—“the chief business of the American people is business”—had become a mantra.
If Sagan’s dictum were true, we would need extraordinary evidence to prove we exist.
And it included dicta — a nonbinding observation that can be cited as a “persuasive authority” in future litigation — that planted the seeds for preclearance’s demise.
From Salon
And judging by the crowds of tourists I encountered there last month, quite a few Americans have taken that dictum to heart.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
