truism

Example Sentences

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"There's a very commonly accepted truism in pediatric medicine that the face mirrors the brain, because the brain and the face form at the same time," Golding said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

It is a truism that markets are forward-looking—and on a day when the Federal Reserve will dominate headlines, investors may instead want to pay attention to 2026.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

The mayor seems not to have heard of the truism that if you tax something you get less of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But it speaks resoundingly to a bottom-line truism of the sporting world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

Though, indeed, the vendor of a certain nostrum has vulgarised the truism to the very point of contempt.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker