truism
Example Sentences
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The pair took aim at two art truisms: that works bought for high prices and owned for longer periods outperform.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Near the register book where mourners signed their names, someone posted a few of Bill’s treasured truisms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Parenthood - not to be confused with the 1989 Steven Martin family comedy film - mines the rich well of universal truisms around parenting, he notes, something that lends itself nicely to storytelling.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
And it's a reminder of an era where many of the truisms we take for granted now —such as a diversified portfolio and the benefits of an index fund — weren’t always common practice.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025
With that vision the dullest world blossoms with flowers; even truisms cease to be meaningless; and Christmas is itself again.
From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert
Vocabulary lists containing truism
The Things They Carried
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 15
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