adage
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The coming year is the only one of the next four where stock investors should seriously consider following the old Wall Street adage: “Sell in May and go away.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
There’s an adage among faster players that you don’t have to play well to play quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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
Sometimes the best defense is a good offense, as the old adage goes.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Among Colored people there developed an adage: “You have to be twice as good in order to be thought of as half as good” as your White counterparts.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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