veritable
adjective
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Veritable, like its close relative verity ("truth"), came to English through Anglo-French from Latin. It is ultimately derived from verus, the Latin word for "true," which also gave us verify, aver, and verdict. Veritable is often used as a synonym of genuine or authentic ("a veritable masterpiece"), but it is also frequently used to stress the aptness of a metaphor, often in a humorous tone ("a veritable swarm of lawyers"). In the past, usage commentators have objected to the latter use, but today it doesn't draw much criticism.
Examples of veritable in a Sentence
Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
Outside of music, Coachella has grown into a veritable food festival in recent years, with L.A.’s best and brightest often tapped to participate.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Nike transformed the Brongniart’s classical colonnades and high halls into a veritable bustling termite’s nest, with Nike staff and media alike wandering through warrens of showrooms, interview rooms, and hallways.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
That all changed in 2020 with what proved to be a veritable boom of exclusive hotels.
—Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2024
But for writer and director Rudy Mancuso — of Vine and YouTube stardom — there’s a veritable drum line around us, being played bottle by bottle.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Log-tech startups today face a veritable swamp of challenges, not least a slumping economy both in Europe and globally, uncertain conditions for many global supply chains and risk-averse investment attitudes.
—Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The result was a veritable takeover: By the late 1970s, 75 percent of Americans had middle names.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Seen this way, each bath picture is just another surge in a veritable inundation of truth-telling about the tortuous workings of intimacy.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Veritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veritable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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