the truth
noun
: the real facts about something : the things that are true
Are you telling (me) the truth?
At some point you have to face the simple/hard/honest/plain/naked truth that we failed.
Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
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Not that the truth matters anymore to huge sections of the country.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
This all while both Effy and Preston are trying to prove the truth about a famed author’s work amid an ongoing war between their two home countries.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
This prediction almost proved disastrously far from the truth.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Those two inclusions — along with the authority to take bears with arrows, a method of killing that is far more likely to be prolonged and painful — reveal the truth: This is not about managing a species.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
This all while both Effy and Preston are trying to prove the truth about a famed author’s work amid an ongoing war between their two home countries.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
This prediction almost proved disastrously far from the truth.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Those two inclusions — along with the authority to take bears with arrows, a method of killing that is far more likely to be prolonged and painful — reveal the truth: This is not about managing a species.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the truth
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“The truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20truth. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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