as in theory
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an idea or statement put forth and accepted as true by many people
The retired judge recounted the old legal axiom which states that justice and law are not always the same.
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Recent Examples of axiom
Each starts from its own axioms, and those axioms can be diametrically opposed.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Trust but Verify The old Ronald Regan axiom is so true for business.
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Domenic Rom,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
Andrea Riquier Among serious Fed-watchers, there’s an axiom that new central bank chairs usually face a crisis early in their term.
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Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
But in the end, this can’t be argued with; if your axioms define more car use as bad, fixing the problems with cars isn’t likely to ever solve that.
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Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for axiom
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Trust but Verify The old Ronald Regan axiom is so true for business.
—
Domenic Rom,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
Andrea Riquier Among serious Fed-watchers, there’s an axiom that new central bank chairs usually face a crisis early in their term.
—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
But in the end, this can’t be argued with; if your axioms define more car use as bad, fixing the problems with cars isn’t likely to ever solve that.
—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for axiom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for axiom
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At a moment when technology companies were promising to bring people closer together, David Fincher’s acerbic drama about the founding of Facebook had a darker theory about why people wanted to connect in the first place.
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Susan Brands has a theory for why people come out of the woodwork seeking handouts from lottery winners.
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Trump sought to limit the long-standing constitutional principle – enshrined in the 14th Amendment in 1868 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898 – that those born in the United States are citizens.
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None of these principles require expensive infrastructure additions.
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Under state law, any single gift — or multiple gifts from the same source that add up to $50 or more during the annual period — must be disclosed.
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Millions of index cards, once restricted by German privacy laws and requiring a lengthy process to obtain, are now directly searchable online in German media, as of a few months ago, after the US National Archives published the surviving membership card files online.
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Organizations often invest in sophisticated detection and mitigation systems but fail to develop the doctrine, confidence and authority structures required to use them effectively.
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The clock seemed to rewind 1,400 years as tenets established at the religion’s dawn—Sharia law—were formalized into the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist.
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“Axiom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axiom. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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