watchword

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On the opposite side of the continent, in Somalia, stagnation and stalemate have been the watchwords for U.S. military efforts.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2023

Martinez Losa's watchwords following the defeat by England were "momentum" and "consistency" - and he stuck by the same starting line-up as he looked to repeat what was a heartening display.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023

The watchwords of the neurodiversity movement are “nothing about us without us.”

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

And still he pumped the brakes hard, stressing that the debt and spending would be new watchwords.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

Faith and morality, the watchwords of the previous generation, gave way to the Pleasure Principle.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall