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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 Sets come in half-dozens and include designs like a soccer ball, a flag, celebratory sayings in the language and a jersey, according to its website. —

Noelle Alviz-Gransee may 15, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026 Readers share Mother's Day advice, funny sayings and expressions from moms. —

Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 8 May 2026 Grandma may be the queen of nonsensical sayings, but Dad is certainly the king of cheesy jokes. —

Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026 The chef wrote around 40 sayings and gathered more from his Instagram followers. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026 The final section contains a collection of Akbar’s epigrammatic sayings. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026 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 Taking what the defense gives you is one of the oldest sayings in the NBA book. —

Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

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At this year’s Thorpe ceremony, too, Barron and Dennard — men of faith — bonded over Proverbs 27:17, talking about Barron’s future.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
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