as in proverb
a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group
"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst" is my motto. The Scout motto is "Be prepared."
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Recent Examples of motto
And to my surprise, the motto of Breast Cancer Husband still proves true.
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Marc Silver, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
As their predecessors did, the seven hopefuls will strive to uphold the historic Olympic motto of faster, higher, stronger.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
This raises the question of whether the coin was explicitly commemorating Rogers or simply featuring the national motto.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
To pull out Superman’s old motto, these aren’t acts of truth, justice and the American way.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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Marc Silver, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
As their predecessors did, the seven hopefuls will strive to uphold the historic Olympic motto of faster, higher, stronger.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
This raises the question of whether the coin was explicitly commemorating Rogers or simply featuring the national motto.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
To pull out Superman’s old motto, these aren’t acts of truth, justice and the American way.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motto
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The German proverb, roughly translated into English, means: Steady dripping caves the stone.—
Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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But remember, where there’s fire, there’s smoke, which may be a reversal of the standard proverb but is highly relevant here.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Chris Goettl, vice president of security product management at Ivanti, meanwhile, said that in the Midwest there’s a saying about March which goes in like a lion, out like a lamb.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Buy the rumor; sell the news, as the old saying goes.—
Ben Walsh,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2025
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The word has carried both literal and metaphorical meanings (like inspiration or a small beginning of something) since early usage.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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People with limited connection to the group where the word originated may not fully understand what the word means, how it is pronounced, or how it is used.—
Sarah Bunin Benor,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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Bringing out the Dickensian maxim about the worst of times abutting the best hardly begins to do justice to such an abrupt reversal of fortune.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2025
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And Jim came up with a maxim for the ones about politics.—
Al Franken,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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There is a lot of axiomatics, which seems to be closer to the Greeks, but aren’t the axioms largely chosen at will?—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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Addressing reporters at the airport, Andrew Tate, who holds dual citizenship in the U.K. and United States, invoked a U.S. judicial axiom of being innocent until proven guilty.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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Because our similarities reveal an uncomfortable truth: The country that formed Usha Vance and her husband also formed me, and its mythologies are also mine.—
Sanjena Sathian,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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In truth, it was founded in 1931 but definitely has a lot more years on most of the DTC mattress brands of late.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Motto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motto. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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