as in principle
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a statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea, observation, or opinion
A doctor must follow the dictum of "First, do no harm."
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Queen Mathilde certainly followed suit with the dictum of Giorgio Armani Privé’s collection and made this piece from the spring 2024 couture designs her own.
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Julia Teti, WWD, 15 July 2024
Instead, Martel echoes the great aesthete himself, Oscar Wilde, in his serene dictum that all art is perfectly useless.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Perhaps with that dictum in mind, House Speaker Mike Johnson recently sat down with a ...
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 June 2024
This dictum—to honor and to applaud—brought me to Charleston this past December.
—Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
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Julia Teti, WWD, 15 July 2024
Instead, Martel echoes the great aesthete himself, Oscar Wilde, in his serene dictum that all art is perfectly useless.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Perhaps with that dictum in mind, House Speaker Mike Johnson recently sat down with a ...
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 June 2024
This dictum—to honor and to applaud—brought me to Charleston this past December.
—Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
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“Dictum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictum. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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