as in proverb
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience
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Recent Examples of aphorism
The heartfelt aphorism soon swept the city with analog virality, blanketing the sidewalks in word art more than a decade before graffiti took hold in New York.
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Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
With that aphorism in mind, here are some thoughts about the 2024 election and its likely impact on tax policy.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Hong’s characters deliver sharp dialogue that blends piercing confessions and resonant aphorisms, and his lyrical cinematography, encompassing many sequences of nature (including scenes indeed set by the stream), makes all the world their stage.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Despentes offers no quarter to her titular hero, whose dark wit and casually racist rants come at the reader in a mad rush of metaphors and aphorisms, Despentes’s gutter vernacular of the underclass.
—Marc Weingarten, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2024
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Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
With that aphorism in mind, here are some thoughts about the 2024 election and its likely impact on tax policy.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Hong’s characters deliver sharp dialogue that blends piercing confessions and resonant aphorisms, and his lyrical cinematography, encompassing many sequences of nature (including scenes indeed set by the stream), makes all the world their stage.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Despentes offers no quarter to her titular hero, whose dark wit and casually racist rants come at the reader in a mad rush of metaphors and aphorisms, Despentes’s gutter vernacular of the underclass.
—Marc Weingarten, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aphorism
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But remember, where there’s fire, there’s smoke, which may be a reversal of the standard proverb but is highly relevant here.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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To paraphrase an old proverb, the best time to connect the fights for trans and reproductive rights was decades ago.Colleen Hamilton, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
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What’s Great About It Water quickly evaporates from the surface Low maintenance Elevated appearance What Could Be Better Grooves can trip you up As the saying goes, out with the old and in with the new.Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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As the saying goes, great things come in small packages.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2025
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However, the greatest benefits to both memory and learning new words, are just tied to writing, and not using cursive over print.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
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But first, what’s the word on the aisles of the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center?The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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This maxim holds just as true in cyber security as in sports.Phillimon Zongo, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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There’s the old maxim that country music more than any other genre is about storytelling.Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Aphorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aphorism. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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