golden rule
Example Sentences
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Papperger had broken a golden rule of dealing with the U.S. government: Never announce anything related to the sharing of technology without first getting approval.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
After living in Southeast Asia for nearly seven years, I go by the golden rule: If you see pandan on a menu, order it.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025
"The golden rule: treat others as you'd like to be treated," Ms Windsor adds.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
On the Beagle, too, he would say, that he learned what he considered the golden rule for saving time; i.e., taking care of the minutes.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
