axiom
Example Sentences
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It’s like that axiom in football, about practicing something over and over, so in that flash of a moment your body knows what to do even if your brain hasn’t caught up:
From Los Angeles Times
For a decade, the global luxury industry operated on a simple axiom: As China goes, so goes the bottom line.
From MarketWatch
A fundamental axiom of economics is that when two individuals or countries trade, both are better off.
There’s an axiom in football that if your quarterback isn’t the toughest guy on your team, you’re in trouble.
From Los Angeles Times
But the math professor who’s now working for a math startup did share one of his own axioms.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
