golden rule
Example Sentences
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Papperger had broken a golden rule of dealing with the U.S. government: Never announce anything related to the sharing of technology without first getting approval.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
After living in Southeast Asia for nearly seven years, I go by the golden rule: If you see pandan on a menu, order it.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025
The council is one of six granted what the government calls "exceptional" permission to break the golden rule of not meeting revenue shortfalls with cash from the capital account.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024
On the Beagle, too, he would say, that he learned what he considered the golden rule for saving time; i.e., taking care of the minutes.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
