Watchword

Definition

watchword /'wɒtʃwɜ:d/ n ေဆာင္ပုဒ္။ Safety is our watchword. Compare slogan

Examples

1. ‘‘A killer is a killer is a killer’ is the watchword of American prosecutors and politicians.’
2. ‘Innovation is the watchword of product development.’
3. ‘But the overriding watchword is public service delivery.’
4. ‘Its watchwords are free markets
5. privatisation
6. deregulation
7. flexibility
8. downsizing.’
9. ‘Democracy is sometimes the watchword of those who think that all political problems could be solved if only we became (what we are not yet) a real democracy.’
10. ‘Authoritarianism
11. barely concealed under the fig leaf of ‘democracy’
12. became its watchword.’
13. ‘Its watchwords are corruption
14. reaction and criminality.’
15. ‘Though austerity is the watchword for vital services needed by the city's working people
16. when it comes to profit interests
17. no expense is spared.’
18. ‘So I would say that the words ‘electoral integrity’ have not been the watchwords of this Government.’
19. ‘The tradition is that
20. as each new president is installed
21. he or she establishes a watchword or mantra for the four year term of office.’
22. ‘Under the watchword of making Australian industry competitive
23. successive governments have backed corporations in undertaking massive downsizing.’
24. ‘The goal is to provide maximum community benefit from the resources available
25. and that should be the watchword for the museum as it prepares to embark on a major redevelopment at a very significant cost.’
26. ‘Thus ‘reform’ is the constant watchword on public services
27. as if they are currently broken.’
28. ‘At the decisive moments the watchword has always seemed to be: nothing too painful
29. contradictory or critical.’
30. ‘Convergence became the watchword as boundaries separating local and long-distance
31. voice and data
32. cable and telephone
33. and wireline and wireless services eroded.’
34. ‘Innovation and doing your own thing are a day-to-day affair
35. where the watchwords are innovation and unconventional solutions.’
36. ‘Indeed
37. since the Supreme Court handed the presidency to Bush the watchwords of the Democratic Party have been bipartisanship and reconciliation.’
38. ‘Partnership is the watchword of U.S. strategy in this administration.’
39. ‘The ‘line of command’ is broken and personal survival becomes the watchword instead of commitment to the organizations objectives.’
40. ‘This is a place
41. after all
42. where the watchword is innovation
43. where great value is put on novelty and trendiness
44. and where older buildings are routinely razed to make way for bigger (though not necessarily better) ones.’