as in proverb
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience
Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram, "Remember that time is money"
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Recent Examples of epigram
On his plane plastered with Trumpian epigrams, Vance makes the case for Trump’s second-term vision of enhanced executive power.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Chevalier wrote that the idea for the reports had come from Oppenheimer, who helped to write them and even chose literary references for the epigrams.
—TIME, 8 Mar. 2024
One of the book's epigrams is from Amy Richlin of the University of California, Los Angeles, talking about her experience in the 1970s.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
An epigram for one of his chapters in The Real Anthony Fauci, a quote from C. S. Lewis, offers a hint: Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
—Matthew Scully, National Review, 16 May 2023
An epigram by any other name .
—Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
Unlike those, an epigram has a flash of pleasing humor in it.
—Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
The epigram is applicable to the current stock market flavor-of-the-year, SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Chevalier wrote that the idea for the reports had come from Oppenheimer, who helped to write them and even chose literary references for the epigrams.
—TIME, 8 Mar. 2024
One of the book's epigrams is from Amy Richlin of the University of California, Los Angeles, talking about her experience in the 1970s.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
An epigram for one of his chapters in The Real Anthony Fauci, a quote from C. S. Lewis, offers a hint: Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
—Matthew Scully, National Review, 16 May 2023
An epigram by any other name .
—Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
Unlike those, an epigram has a flash of pleasing humor in it.
—Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
The epigram is applicable to the current stock market flavor-of-the-year, SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epigram
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And this proverb reminds me of hip-hop, and this proverb reminds me, in particular, of Tribe because Tribe was born out of friendship.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
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This old Iranian proverb does not actually warn people against travel to Gilan, Iran’s beautiful, green, and lush Caspian province, though today that meaning may be more apt.Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2020
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The saying may as well apply to the form of the bio-musical itself.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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This is the most famous folklore predictor and there are many sayings about woolly worms.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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Rabinovich offers a masterful overview without wasting a word.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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In the stunned, ringing silence of the visiting locker room, Lutz and many others struggled to find words to describe the sting.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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With that aphorism in mind, here are some thoughts about the 2024 election and its likely impact on tax policy.Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Hong’s characters deliver sharp dialogue that blends piercing confessions and resonant aphorisms, and his lyrical cinematography, encompassing many sequences of nature (including scenes indeed set by the stream), makes all the world their stage.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
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