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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

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

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

A common and mostly true dictum holds that democratic societies possess a capacity for self-criticism and self-correction that autocracies don’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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

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

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

The Court made clear, in dicta, that such a child is rare.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

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

Another master of Middle East affairs, the late literary critic Edward W. Said, described Dr. Lewis as a peddler of old-school dictums about the need for a strong guiding hand with the region.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2018

In it, as here, he illustrates Wharton and Codman, Jr.’s dictums through the lens of his own designs—taking the odd liberty in modernizing their spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2018

One of the time-honored dictums of the day was that falling bodies fell with a velocity proportioned to their weight.

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