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Recent Examples of authenticity
Often the videos appear to be ripped from trail or security cameras, enhancing vibes of authenticity.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
This creates a mix between being both rare and easy to get, which is something that people who value both quality and authenticity are increasingly looking for.
—Jordan French, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Maybe more raw to the Governor then and now Rogan goes on to compare him to Trump on the authenticity scale.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Spotify says the update will help users better understand artist authenticity and activity across the platform.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
While natural wood elements are very much in style, experts agree that faux wood paneling lacks the depth, texture, and authenticity modern homes crave.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
For decades, many Orthodox Jews have looked to Israel’s Orthodox Rabbinate as the arbiter of religious authenticity.
—Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Over the next six years, the show was a stage for Hall’s infectious energy, his antic personality, probing interview style, party atmosphere, his own authenticity and ability to book guests.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The daughter, Bankowska, would in turn research the shuttered galleries, sending images of those galleries’ certificates of authenticity to their conspirator in Poland, who used design software to create fake certificates to go with the counterfeit artwork.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
This creates a mix between being both rare and easy to get, which is something that people who value both quality and authenticity are increasingly looking for.
—Jordan French, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Maybe more raw to the Governor then and now Rogan goes on to compare him to Trump on the authenticity scale.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Spotify says the update will help users better understand artist authenticity and activity across the platform.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
While natural wood elements are very much in style, experts agree that faux wood paneling lacks the depth, texture, and authenticity modern homes crave.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
For decades, many Orthodox Jews have looked to Israel’s Orthodox Rabbinate as the arbiter of religious authenticity.
—Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Over the next six years, the show was a stage for Hall’s infectious energy, his antic personality, probing interview style, party atmosphere, his own authenticity and ability to book guests.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The daughter, Bankowska, would in turn research the shuttered galleries, sending images of those galleries’ certificates of authenticity to their conspirator in Poland, who used design software to create fake certificates to go with the counterfeit artwork.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authenticity
Noun
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This kernel of truth may account for why the prosopopoeia of the wine mom absorbs so much misogynist loathing from all over the political map.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Hayden Panettiere is sharing her truth.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The Los Alamitos High product is known for his all-business approach to football as well as his overall grittiness as a receiver.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The genuineness of your laugh or smile.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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But plenty praise Liu, too, for her free spirit and genuineness — sometimes with a subtle nod to her father's role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests that landed him in the United States.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Authenticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authenticity. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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