motto
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"The Tennessee license plate used to have a sign on it, or a little motto that said, 'Follow me to Tennessee,'" Bessent said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Their motto throughout this tournament has been 'Mekameleen', which means 'we'll keep going'.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
With the hotel motto being “stay by your own rules,” Rudolph says it was important for them to make the rooms adaptable to each guest’s needs and to prioritize comfort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Hence the festival’s motto: “Film is cool. Nitrate is hot.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
The team writing the mottoes for next year’s batch of Sweethearts has already developed a new theme aimed at that demographic sweet spot.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
We’ve broken quietude in new ways, re-examined what we thought we knew, carried phrases as mottoes, or leverage.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
The company mottoes, which also include “Join Forces” and “Win Fair,” were written by a woman who previously worked at Coach.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
One of Miss Brennan’s mottoes was “If it ain’t broke, fix it anyway.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2018
The mantelpiece held, in brave confusion, photographs, greeting cards, flowered mottoes, two silver candlesticks that held no candles, and a green metal serpent, poised to strike.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
That’s where her mottos come in — short, memorable phrases that condensed technique into a moment you could carry from the screen to your own kitchen.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
One of Sheinbaum’s mottos: “Collaboration, coordination, without subordination. ... Sovereignty is not negotiable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
“In adopting their mottos, symbols, and ethos on the field of friendly strife, we seek to emulate their application of these characteristics to defeat our rivals,” the school said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Rings engraved with French chivalric mottos were fashionable between 1400 and 1500.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2023
Granddad is the sort of person who has mottos.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
Vocabulary lists containing motto
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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