motto
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In the aftermath, the motto among high-net-worth advisers is that return “of” capital is more important than return “on” capital.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Coordination, not subordination,” Sheinbaum said Friday, reiterating a motto emphasizing that Mexico will not relinquish its sovereignty in response to U.S. pressure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 2020, “Ted Lasso” made us feel like that motto, “Believe,” was all we needed.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We have lived long and endured for 60 years and going," he said, evoking the famous motto of Leonard Nimoy's Mr Spock.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
And she accepted, provided that the motto of the new paper could still be the same: Truth and Mercy.
From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements
The team writing the mottoes for next year’s batch of Sweethearts has already developed a new theme aimed at that demographic sweet spot.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Alumni don’t rhythmically wave pompoms and chant mottoes over balanced ledgers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
He has outfitted it with solar panels and inscribed it with positive mottoes, including “Always Be Compassion” scrawled across the hood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2022
There he prints by letterpress, in two colors, greeting cards that combine old etchings and engravings with famous mottoes and sayings.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
It hovered over her head, like the golden mottoes over the saints, of the darker ages.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
"Leading by example is one of my biggest traits and my biggest mottos I try to live by. Whenever I'm on that pitch I try and do my best for the country."
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
That’s where her mottos come in — short, memorable phrases that condensed technique into a moment you could carry from the screen to your own kitchen.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
One of Sheinbaum’s mottos: “Collaboration, coordination, without subordination. ... Sovereignty is not negotiable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
“In adopting their mottos, symbols, and ethos on the field of friendly strife, we seek to emulate their application of these characteristics to defeat our rivals,” the school said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Certificates of excellence had been hung on the stairwell wall, alongside mottos that my father had found important enough to frame.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
Vocabulary lists containing motto
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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