as in proverb
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience
that old adage, "the early bird gets the worm"
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Recent Examples of adage
Garbage In, Garbage Out, as the old computer engineer adage goes.
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Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Though the old adage is defense wins championships, particularly in today’s NBA, offense really helps, too.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
The days are long and the years are fast, or so the old adage says.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
As the adage goes, when one door closes another one opens.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Though the old adage is defense wins championships, particularly in today’s NBA, offense really helps, too.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
The days are long and the years are fast, or so the old adage says.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
As the adage goes, when one door closes another one opens.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adage
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To paraphrase an old proverb, the best time to connect the fights for trans and reproductive rights was decades ago.Colleen Hamilton, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
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This brings up the proverb of wanting to have your cake and eat it too.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The nuclear industry has a saying: France has two kinds of nuclear reactors and a hundred kinds of cheese, while the U.S. has two kinds of cheese but about a hundred kinds of reactors.Anna Broughel, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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And there's a saying here in India - in a road mishap, the blame goes to whoever's got the more expensive vehicle.New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
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Corcoran delivered his final words before taking his last breath.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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As households witnessed their utility bills drop—sometimes by nearly 90% according to Miller—word spread that the people going door to door were here to help.Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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This maxim holds just as true in cyber security as in sports.Phillimon Zongo, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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There’s the old maxim that country music more than any other genre is about storytelling.Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Adage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adage. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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