golden rule

Example Sentences

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By posing for the magazine spread, the bankers had broken the golden rule of finance fashion: Never dress above your station—and certainly never better than the boss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The golden rule of credit-card spending is to pay off your balance every month.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

"The golden rule: treat others as you'd like to be treated," Ms Windsor adds.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

If the problem of association is practically to be solved to the satisfaction of all those concerned, there is one golden rule always to be followed.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)