axiom
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For a decade, the global luxury industry operated on a simple axiom: As China goes, so goes the bottom line.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
A fundamental axiom of economics is that when two individuals or countries trade, both are better off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
If Ben Franklin were alive today, he might add a third certainty to his now-familiar axiom: death, taxes, and the late-summer creep of Spirit Halloween filling in vacant retail storefronts across the country.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2024
Remember the old “Arrested Development” axiom that “there’s always money in the banana stand”? For streamers, that banana stand is true crime, judging from the rate at which these movies are turned out.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
As you may recall, this axiom says that any number added to itself over and over again can exceed any other number.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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