How to Use caveat emptor in a Sentence
caveat emptor
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And if companies that go public via SPAC aren’t able to do that, caveat emptor.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2021
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All this may sound alarmist, a caveat emptor of preemptive self-pity for the prospective thru-hiker.
—Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2021
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Services aimed at reducing costs will find ways to do so — but caveat emptor.
—Peter A. Bonis, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022
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Let that serve as a caveat emptor for Cassidy’s successor.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
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Other lemon vodkas will be fine, but be warned that the producer can add sugar to the vodka and not tell anyone, so caveat emptor.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 15 July 2021
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As for the underwriters who structure such deals, caveat emptor is their motto.
—Richard Lehmann, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
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New Yorkers are going to be talking about Speaker’s Corner, at 8-5, but caveat emptor.
—John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2022
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Life insurance is very much a product that involves caveat emptor – let the buyer beware.
—Steve Parrish, Forbes, 6 July 2021
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The group last week designated Crypto as a caveat emptor security, which means that a skull and crossbones icon sits next to the stock symbol on the OTC markets website.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2017
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The general principle of caveat emptor — let the buyer beware — can make sense for the sorts of facts that responsible buyers would find out for themselves.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017
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Whatever happened to caveat emptor, common sense and the ability to reason?
—WSJ, 1 Apr. 2018
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Whether or not to jailbreak is really a caveat emptor proposition, and certainly not something for casual or novice users.
—Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2019
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So caveat emptor also enters the equation, which tends to lower any potential return -- or even interest.
—Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 June 2018
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Bitcoin has been the ideal proving ground for investment’s most powerful advice: caveat emptor, buyer beware.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2017
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One significant caveat emptor with Bishop: injury woes.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
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But caveat emptor: these items generally do not come with a manufacturer’s warranty, but all are backed by Amazon’s liberal return policy.
—Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2021
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Despite dramatic scientific breakthroughs, the Internet has recreated the kind of caveat emptor culture for medical advice that existed in the 19th century.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
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In early April, the federal agency that regulates wine and other alcoholic beverages issued a mild warning to producers — and a caveat emptor to consumers — about potentially misleading health claims in advertising.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
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