ipse dixits

Definition of ipse dixitsnext
plural of ipse dixit

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Noun
  • In a letter addressed to the Meadowbrook Master Board and obtained by the Johnson County Post, the owners explain that a notable, unnamed organization would be staying on the premises and using the restaurant spaces.
    Jenna Thompson June 2, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
  • Although there was talk that the dinner would resume, Jiang appeared on stage about an hour later and said that it would be rescheduled, after law enforcement recommended that guests leave the premises.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Hathaway opened up about the presumptions people have made about her to Elle.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Ruben does little to dissuade Niall’s presumptions.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The festive, charming and energetic North American tour of the Broadway production is packed with as much nostalgia as new characters that are doppelgangers for the original series’ heroes and villains, and who often challenge our assumptions about their infamous families.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • June’s astro-weather is challenging everything from your belief systems and emotional assumptions to your communication style and daily responsibilities.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Everything in mathematics therefore rests on the axioms, or basic building blocks, of the field.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
  • One may argue that a more fundamental theory (with more complete axioms) could decide the question, but the final theory should not have undecidable statements.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • By now, decades into Americans’ pursuit of cooking as a mainstream hobby, certain maxims have become near-law among food lovers.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Families confronting complicated pregnancies are living through painful, high-stakes situations — not policy hypotheticals.
    Robin Sautter, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The conservative justices peppered Stewart with hypotheticals.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While none of this comes as any surprise to God, the Apostle Paul worried about believers falling prey to people who teach false gospels.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026
  • All four gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - describe Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey while a crowd met him, waving palm fronds.
    Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Ipse dixits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixits. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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