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motto

[mot-oh] / ˈmɒt oʊ /


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"I always say to people, do what scares you," she says of her personal motto.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Such talk rattles many here who grew up in a country where government buildings still bear the revolutionary motto: “Homeland or death, we will prevail.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

With a motto of "If we have it, you can have it", the charity has sent out thousands of items anonymously to parents to collect from 16 libraries.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

“Out with the old mess, in with the new” is the reality genre’s unspoken motto, but let’s think about what that means here.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

There was a motto Barack and I tried to live by, and I offered it that night from the stage: When they go low, we go high.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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