most telling

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Possibly the most telling statistic tracks the difference between borrowing benchmarks, such as the prime rate, and what you pay on your credit card.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

During a 2015 talk, Erikson called Katrina “far and away the most telling disaster of our national experience,” whose long-lasting consequences revealed all manner of societal afflictions: mismanagement of infrastructure, political corruption, inequality, racism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

But the most telling cut-aways came in the 21st and 27th minutes.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

But the Casey Means fact that most sticks in my mind—and I think the one most telling of where I fear she wants to shepherd Americans, health-wise—was on The Liz Moody Podcast in 2022.

From Slate • May 10, 2025

And, most telling of all: “No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.”

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell