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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gertrude Stein's most famous dictum was "a rose is a rose is a rose."
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the Catholic church's dictum against birth control
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But at Stradey, at the rematch of last season's Cup finalists, Mr Wag's dictum was borne out again.
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Just as annoying is the pretty dictum that acts must sing live, when most of them can't.
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More pale humour in the final dictum about the press.
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That catches the familiar dictum that science explains particular events by generalizing and by making them cases of laws at work.
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The trouble with Lukács' dictum is that there is no consensus as to what exactly is Marxist method.
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This dictum is borne out again and again.
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This dictum is more familiar in its application to grammar.