dicta
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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And it included dicta — a nonbinding observation that can be cited as a “persuasive authority” in future litigation — that planted the seeds for preclearance’s demise.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025
Bend menswear’s dicta to your will like Thelonious Monk stretching time.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
Alito is hardly the first justice to mislead through obiter dicta.
From Washington Post • May 6, 2022
Until then, and unfortunately even today, among some, "knowledge" could be created simply by some authority saying something was so, ipso dicta.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
The Pythagoreans lived according to the dicta of their leader.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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