as in proverb
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience
that old adage, "the early bird gets the worm"
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Recent Examples of adage
Thankfully, there's something to that old adage about felines having nine lives because The Jellicle Ball rouses Cats from its grave.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Well enough with the seasonal adages, let’s get into the news.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
This age-old adage inspired Zendaya's The Drama press tour wardrobe, and she's finally revealed the finale.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
This foundational adage of Western philosophy asks us to dwell, examine, and look inward for a long time.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Well enough with the seasonal adages, let’s get into the news.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
This age-old adage inspired Zendaya's The Drama press tour wardrobe, and she's finally revealed the finale.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
This foundational adage of Western philosophy asks us to dwell, examine, and look inward for a long time.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adage
Noun
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What does the phrase squeaky bum time, the racehorse Devon Loch, and the Portuguese proverb ‘morrer na prais’ all have in common?—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The rooms The old Japanese proverb ‘*kachou fuugetsu’—*which translates as ‘flower, bird, wind, moon’ evoking a sense of the transient beauty of nature—is a key concept at the hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes, and the existential problems that war presents often act as a stimulus to innovation.—
David Szondy
May 02,
New Atlas,
2 May 2026
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Grandma may be the queen of nonsensical sayings, but Dad is certainly the king of cheesy jokes.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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At the building’s peak, five-foot-tall concrete letters spell out a hundred and three words of a speech delivered by Obama in Selma, Alabama, in 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and other civil-rights activists were beaten at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The aspiration gap, in other words, is not just a story about young adults falling behind their parents.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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But that maxim may not hold up this year.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the maxim applies in a different way in the documentary Fork in the Road, which made its world premiere Saturday at the Sonoma International Film Festival in California’s wine country.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Adage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adage. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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