Example sentences for: gresham

How can you use “gresham” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Gresham's Law ("bad money drives out good money") has been widely applied to matters of culture and taste--for instance, in explanations of why television is awash in vulgar programming.

  • The 16th-century financier Thomas Gresham was talking about money, not language.

  • The article began by stating there is a Gresham's Law of Language in which bad words drive out good.

  • There are many other city casinos: the Las Vegas in the Atrium Hyatt; the Gresham in the Gresham Building, Roosevelt tér; the Schönbrun casino ship by the Chain Bridge; the Orfeum in the Hotel Béke; the Vigadó on Vigadó utca; and the Várkert on the Buda embankment at the southern tip of Castle Hill.

  • The result: a journalistic Gresham's law, whereby hard news is driven out by the sheer volume of fluff and clichés.


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