truism
Example Sentences
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As reporters have told us endlessly over the past decade or so, he was “Trump before Trump,” and the truism is at least partly accurate.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
"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
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
The boy preserved worldly truism and matter-of-fact observations about the weather with equal zeal.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing truism
The Things They Carried
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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