How to Use caveat emptor in a Sentence

caveat emptor

noun

• And if companies that go public via SPAC aren’t able to do that, caveat emptor.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• All this may sound alarmist, a caveat emptor of preemptive self-pity for the prospective thru-hiker.
  — Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2021
• Services aimed at reducing costs will find ways to do so — but caveat emptor.
  — Peter A. Bonis, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022
• Let that serve as a caveat emptor for Cassidy’s successor.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
• 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
• As for the underwriters who structure such deals, caveat emptor is their motto.
  — Richard Lehmann, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• Even if sellers tell prospective buyers that the vehicle briefly served as a boat, the full extent of the damage might not be evident, which brings us to the caveat emptor part of the story.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Life insurance is very much a product that involves caveat emptor – let the buyer beware.
  — Steve Parrish, Forbes, 6 July 2021
• The Latin expression caveat emptor (buyer beware) serves as a cautionary piece of good advice.
  — Yoav Kutner, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• Whatever happened to caveat emptor, common sense and the ability to reason?
  — WSJ, 1 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Bitcoin has been the ideal proving ground for investment’s most powerful advice: caveat emptor, buyer beware.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2017
• One significant caveat emptor with Bishop: injury woes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024