dictum

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In between, she violates her professional dictum of avoiding emotional attachment by falling for Alfredo, who offers true love.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

It reminds me of the long-held dictum that animated series can get away with plots that their live-action counterparts either can’t or struggle to enact convincingly.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

Since then, Huxley’s dictum of “man remaining man” has become stretched.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

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