adage
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Sticking with the old adage that it’s never a bad time to buy a house, but there is a bad time to sell one, hold onto it for now.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Defying the old Wall Street adage to “sell in May and go away,” U.S. stocks wrapped up another month of robust gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The adage “sell in May and go away” suggests investors should divest their holdings in May and reinvest in November to bypass a period of typically low returns in the summer.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
In such moments, he would say later, he only need remind himself of an old adage in the puppet arts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Cotton’s story illustrates, in many respects, the old adage “The more things change, the more they remain the same.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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