How to Use axiom in a Sentence

axiom

noun
  • So most of us work with the same 10 axioms, a system called ZFC.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Here, the axioms are the rules of chess that govern legal moves.
    Sheon Han, Quanta Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • With the end of the Cold War, Marshall’s axiom came roaring back in full force.
    Andrew J. Bacevich, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
  • As the old axiom goes, Pakistan isn’t a state with an army but an army with a state.
    Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • And then there are the axioms that undergird the product.
    Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Know that whole axiom about not needing to reinvent the wheel?
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • A legal axiom states justice and the law are not always the same.
    Mario Nicolais, The Denver Post, 18 May 2017
  • There’s an old axiom in football that games are won and lost on turnovers and big plays.
    Mike Frainie, baltimoresun.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • That’s the axiom that new arrivals have been hearing for decades.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2021
  • That axiom has not been true for some time – at least since Vietnam.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • An axiom is that the heavier the rifle, the more accurate the rifle.
    Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2020
  • While the lightning rift has turned into a cube now, the axiom remains true.
    Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, 25 Aug. 2018
  • Utah followed the axiom that the best defense against a high-powered offense is to just keep the ball away.
    Matthew Coles, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The data reinforce the axiom that there’s no such thing as bad PR.
    Randall Roberts, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • The data reinforce the axiom that there's no such thing as bad PR.
    Randall Roberts, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2019
  • The axiom says yes, but only one such line could exist.
    Julie Rehmeyer, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2014
  • A common axiom among coaches is that much more can be learned from a loss than from a win.
    Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 9 May 2017
  • Less is More or, to observe the axiom still further, Be concise.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Entering that body of thought requires the axiom to be true.
    Andy Gole, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Nowhere is the schoolroom axiom more true than in the 2023 Pegasus World Cup: The bottom half of the class makes the top half of the class possible.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The old axiom about every $10 spike in the price of oil leading to a pullback in economic growth may no longer be the case.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022
  • By now, this logic has acquired the status of an axiom.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Buy Photo The axiom that when March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb doesn’t have much support in the data.
    Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Abide by that axiom and everything else is on the table.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2021
  • If the axiom is not correct, then all deductions are for naught.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2012
  • The old baseball axiom is that a team in first place on July 4 will win the pennant, and on July 3 the Giants were tied for first.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2020
  • How Bolles continues to prove the old Woody Allen axiom that 80 percent of success in life is just showing the heck up.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The mindless movie taps into a great military axiom: Don‘t prepare to fight the last war, prepare to fight the next one.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2018
  • Live by this axiom: Buy the simple stuff, lease anything complex.
    John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 3 July 2020
  • The difference lies in the piercing axiom that drives the series: The roots of our national foodways stem from Black hands and minds.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021

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