adage
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Barshay lives by the adage “Speed is your friend, and time is your enemy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
I’m reminded of the now very old adage, “Nobody gets fired buying IBM.”
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
But there are definitely moments where it feels like an editor could have helped her avoid violating that old writing adage of “show, don’t tell.”
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
As the old adage goes: “You’ve got to give it away to keep it.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
Cotton’s story illustrates, in many respects, the old adage “The more things change, the more they remain the same.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The Vocabulary.com Top 1000
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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