wisdom
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One of the oldest pieces of Wall Street wisdom is not to try catching a falling knife—a stock that’s plunging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Or this: “Conventional wisdom says that Millennials don’t have the cash to buy a home because, unlike their parents’ generation, they have too much student loan debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Noussair Mazraoui is the back-up left-back, which only heightens the debate over the wisdom not to buy one before the transfer window closed.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
As debate rages over how to respond to the growing power of artificial intelligence, Bill Gates is throwing a billion dollars and some words of wisdom at the problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“The bricks themselves were forged by the sphinxes from their own mountains. They have the heat of wisdom in them,” said Nighthand.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing wisdom
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