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

It’s an axiom of criminal law that jurors should assess guilt or innocence based on the defendant’s conduct in the case before them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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