dictum

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The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

If Sagan’s dictum were true, we would need extraordinary evidence to prove we exist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Since then, Huxley’s dictum of “man remaining man” has become stretched.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

This basic dictum also aligns with the post-World War II American story.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

Al Ulbrickson’s “no smoking, no drinking, no chewing, no cussing” dictum always rang like a bell in the backs of their minds.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown