Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ipse dixits
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They had been holed up in French diplomatic premises in Iran since their release from prison in November.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026 -
The proposal does not allow taking drinks to the beach and boardwalk; the alcohol must be consumed on the business' premises.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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ProPublica, in a 2023 story, reexamined the incident, the legal presumptions, the background of the men and Stingley’s father’s relentless legal campaign to bring the men into court.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
16 Jan. 2026
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The series later won five Emmys, upending presumptions about the kinds of shows people still really want to watch.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those assumptions are shaped by training data drawn predominantly from English-language sources based in the United States.—
Gareth Barkin,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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His preference would be to find simpler axioms for quantum mechanics — intuitive principles that would let theorists re-derive the theory in a new form altogether.—
Daniel Garisto,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
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Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The conservative justices peppered Stewart with hypotheticals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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In the view of the Department of Defense, Anthropic kneecapped the partnership by insisting on unnecessary guardrails, attempting to litigate specific hypotheticals, and then dragging its feet in the subsequent negotiations.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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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
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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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