lesson

Example Sentences

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But the larger lesson lies in how Fishtown made a comeback: not through a master plan or top-down government program, but by making private investment feasible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Will other scientific bodies draw a lesson from what happened in New Orleans?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Human civilizations across the ages have understood this to be an important lesson, which is how gold became the go-to cautionary symbol for greed, vanity, and the hollow existence to which they lead.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau are learning an old lesson.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Penelope asked, for after her painful lesson of the previous day, she knew it would be optoomuchstic to try to find Lord Fredrick’s club by, say, following the smell of expensive cigars.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood