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sayings

noun

plural of saying

as in proverbs

an often stated observation regarding something from common experience there's an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie

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Recent Examples of sayings Countless sayings have likened friends to our most precious commodities—safety, home, even precious metals—for good reason. —

Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Mar. 2026 Blue-and-white minibuses, inscribed with misspelt movie quotes and popular local sayings, snaked through the congestion on the narrow road in front of them. —

Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 His maternal grandfather, Hassan al-Banna, founded the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization advocating a return to the Qurʾān and the Hadith (a corpus of the sayings or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) as guidelines for a healthy and thriving Islamic society in the modern era. —

André Munro, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Mar. 2026 Taking what the defense gives you is one of the oldest sayings in the NBA book. —

Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Holtz was quick with inspirational sayings, humor, and self-depreciation that was an act, but oh so charming. —

Mac Engel march 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026 In the early years of Islam, when states hardly existed as such in the Arab world, Sharia helped communities to manage their own affairs, based on a set of guidelines drawn from the Quran and on the sayings of the Prophet. —

Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026 That these sayings are meant to reflect something both deep and asinine about the film itself is self-evident. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026 Today, the writings come in the form of cards and sweet sayings on candy. —

Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026

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For nine months, Erasmus spent his short nights in a modest dorm and his long days in the print shop, expanding on his collection of proverbs Adagiorum chiliades while Aldus proofread, craftsman carefully laying sets of print and rolling paper through the press.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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— Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025