dictum

Druckenmiller’s opposition to Treasury policy in essence boils down to Margaret Thatcher’s famous dictum: “You cannot buck the market.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Yet the fact that a dictum such as “choose kindness” works as a standalone thought does not make it unworthy of development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

In his own Senate hearing last month, Warsh mocked policymakers and economists for ignoring Friedman’s dictum.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Putting the experience of making “Faces of Death” in perspective, Goldhaber references Jean-Luc Godard’s famous dictum that every film is a documentary of its own making.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

If Clausewitz’s dictum is so subtle, complex, and misunderstood, how is the reader being enlightened by being told it is false?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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 ● Oct. 15, 2025

Bend menswear’s dicta to your will like Thelonious Monk stretching time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

Alito is hardly the first justice to mislead through obiter dicta.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022

Until then, and unfortunately even today, among some, "knowledge" could be created simply by some authority saying something was so, ipso dicta.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

Bobby identified with him in that respect and especially valued one of his dicta: “Never obey anyone’s command unless it is coming from within you.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

She followed her father’s dictums on health: Modern medicine was nearly useless, and the “good body” would heal itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

A new school system will be developed from a “bottom-up” movement, not “top-down” dictums.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

These dictums ranged from “Our Revolution Must Be Intersectional” to “Gather Often” as a way to “honor vulnerability and connect over gratitude.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2018

The Wing, a women-only social club and workspace in New York City, got flak for its line of Handmaid’s swag, too, which included notebooks and pens embossed with peppy dictums of female empowerment.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2018

So he held himself under no obligation to be guided by their moral dictums.

From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair