truism
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"There's a very commonly accepted truism in pediatric medicine that the face mirrors the brain, because the brain and the face form at the same time," Golding said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
It has become a tech-industry truism: Spending too little on chips and other computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence is riskier than spending too much.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Let’s not insult Mamdani and his supporters with the truism that he has already won, because he hasn’t.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025
But it speaks resoundingly to a bottom-line truism of the sporting world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing truism
The Things They Carried
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 15
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