golden rule
Example Sentences
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By posing for the magazine spread, the bankers had broken the golden rule of finance fashion: Never dress above your station—and certainly never better than the boss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The golden rule of credit-card spending is to pay off your balance every month.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
Mr Bloom said the golden rule for endowment finance was that universities should not spend more than 5% of their total endowment each year.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
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
