axioms

plural of axiom

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of axioms In other words, as Cleveland tore through the league last season, the players responded to most of the milestones reached with a collective shrug and worn axioms about nothing mattering until the playoffs. Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The hope of deriving one set of rules, or axioms, to govern all mathematical truths was fatally undermined. Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 The experts then had to agree on the fundamental truths, or axioms, that were accepted as true even thought they could not be proven. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for axioms
Noun
  • De Stijl’s theories were a product of their time.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This could ultimately help scientists rule out certain theories for dark matter and focus on others, saving a great deal of research funding for future projects.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Courts, for their part, developed legal doctrines that require them to presume the President’s good faith in deferring to him.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • To operate effectively, coalition forces need joint doctrines, training cycles, and logistics systems.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What to know about city, state laws Elam said larger cities like Louisville could choose to implement a similar program to Elizabethtown but might consider hiring compliance officers outside the police force.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Oct. 2025
  • After dissolving their own three-person police force, the village has struggled to find a way to enforce village laws, the mayor said.
    Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By Harvard’s standards, the school’s endowment was not its primary boasting point—public-health alumni don’t tend to become billionaires —and in times of wider financial turmoil, HSPH remained well insulated, Amanda Spickard, the associate dean for research strategy and external affairs, told me.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Watch this video to learn how social media algorithms are impacting beauty standards for both men and women.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Axioms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axioms. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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