This tone has slowly given way to a realization that the country’s experience might be less a curiosity than a cautionary tale.
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Cautionary tale
Synonyms for "cautionary tale" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
economic history lesson
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
moral lesson
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
trickster tale
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
And Harford’s book, of course, has more than a decade of fresh cautionary tales from our troubled era of social media, big data, algorithmic mayhem, and “alternative facts” on which to draw.
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