caveat emptor
Example Sentences
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As the phrase goes in Latin — caveat emptor, or “let the buyer beware.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
"This is one of the caveat emptor things that all foreign would-be acquirers should keep in mind."
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2023
Obviously I am biased—for most of my life, I have been deeply invested in the idea that they matter—so caveat emptor.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2019
For anyone relying on access to public charging stations, at least in my part of town, I’d issue an electric caveat emptor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2018
Phr. caveat emptor; the customer is always right.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
