mantra
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Silicon Valley’s mantra for decades has been smaller, cheaper, faster, better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Still, SpaceX continues to dominate the global space launch market, thanks to its partially reusable Falcon rockets, and has made risk-taking its mantra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Car making is still seen as central to countries' sovereign manufacturing capability – in the old days the mantra was: "What's good for General Motors is good for America."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In addition, Treasury straying away from its “regular and predictable” mantra could increase term premium in the long run, says Molly Brooks, research strategist at TD Securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I repeated it to myself like a mantra.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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Mingled with her dealmaking stories are mantras aimed at ambitious readers: “The pressure can crush you or turn you into the diamond version of yourself: hard and brilliant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fans dressed in approximations of her floaty ballgowns and 1920s flapper dresses, hollering lyrics like mantras.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Ahead of the speeches, a choir sang as attendees photographed a large panel emblazoned with one of Jackson's mantras "keep hope alive."
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
And two others, “No Fear” and “Happy With You,” repeat lyrics like mantras as the music builds around them, filling up over 11 minutes of music with just two stanzas of words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
These mantras helped me visualize the future, to see myself winning.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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