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
It may, indeed, be said, as a general truth, that those who speak most frequently in Congress are least heeded, and least entitled to distinction.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
