emptor

Example Sentences

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Caveat emptor: Some films our panelists pick to get in the race haven’t yet been released to the public.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

As the phrase goes in Latin — caveat emptor, or “let the buyer beware.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2024

"This is one of the caveat emptor things that all foreign would-be acquirers should keep in mind."

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

The future as he saw it would be a range of options for information, caveat emptor, including everything from ChatGPT to Wikipedia to Reddit to TikTok.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Who is to be the dedecorum pretiosus emptor?

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund