as in proverb
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience a handbook of sententiae and advice for those about to enter the state of matrimony

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Noun
  • Instead, Jeffrey Gahler has turned budget hearings into a sideshow by attacking McCord for scribbling a French version of a familiar proverb during an April meeting.
    Aegis reader commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In West African traditions, the drum serves as both a musical instrument and a talking messenger, transmitting proverbs, praises, and official announcements in a language that reinforces the chief’s authority and the community’s history.
    Felicia Appenteng, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With $15 and a short saying, Missourians can buy custom tags for their car or truck.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There is a saying that each time memory is recalled and re-told the memory is replaced by the memory of the memory.
    Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Asked at the time by The Athletic to explain the decision to leave Enciso out, Hurzeler did not mince his words.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • With words like these, act fast on this deal!
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
  • It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.
    Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The Sonicare brushing app is proof that this maxim couldn’t be truer.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There's a maxim in the intelligence community always about speaking truth to power.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But, that’s sort of the motto behind the Episcopal Church.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Our motto was that the army of the people, one for all and all for one, can exist only in a democracy.
    Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Sententia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sententia. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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