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“The old dictum that ‘markets hate uncertainty’ is forever true, and there is more than enough uncertainty around AI for many bucketloads of investor discontent,” Colas wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Victor Hugo wrote in “Les Misérables” that “the sewer is the conscience of the city,” and Mr. Paré-Poupart takes this dictum to heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

It became a rather serious game of can-you-top-this, and finally a dictum was handed down that all the signs must be made the same way, without any neon.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

So this is weird dicta in a random case that is trying to undo crappy but unfortunately enforceable doctrine.

From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

In these talks, Milch mixes jokes, anecdotes from his own life, lessons he learned from his teacher Robert Penn Warren, and dicta such as "Don't think about writing when you're not writing."

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

One of Fidel Castro’s most famous dictums came in June 1961 in response to Lunes, a culture supplement to Revolución, the newspaper mouthpiece of the revolution.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2020

A favored trick was tossing off dramatic dictums.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2019

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

Let me give you an example of some accepted dictums of educational experience that controlled investigations have shown to be untrustworthy.

From Craftsmanship in Teaching by William Chandler Bagley