general truth
Example Sentences
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Human beings are outliers: we live much longer than other creatures of our size, defying the general truth that smaller animals live shorter lives than bigger ones.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
The scene demonstrates a general truth, namely that when Hollywood does maths, it doesn’t necessarily add up.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2016
And it is a general truth that the longer the duration of a shock, the greater its effects.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
That story exemplifies the general truth about mandatory disclosure: it entails vastly more cost than benefit.
From Forbes ● Sep. 8, 2014
The best explanation is simply the general truth that I've had a summer in which my correspondence has very much gone to the wall.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
