caveat emptor
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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
New Yorkers are going to be talking about Speaker’s Corner, at 8-5, but caveat emptor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
Graced by gospel harmonies, “Disappearing” offers caveat emptor for the kind of tortured artists who might try dipping into the Mississippi.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
For nearly four thousand years, perhaps longer, caveat emptor ruled the hard world of barter.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford
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