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Recent Examples of genuineness
His obituary remembered his infectious laughter and gentle spirit, noting his kindness, genuineness, and reliability.
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Matthew Davisson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The genuineness of your laugh or smile.
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Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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.
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ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Instead of witty repartee or slick delivery, expect genuineness, a generosity of spirit, and a feeling of being nurtured and taken care of.
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Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
In a sport obsessed with flawlessness, Glenn appealed with genuineness.
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Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Widely listened to for decades, his staying power comes from his plainspoken nature, genuineness and relatability as much as his determination and hard work.
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Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Matthew Davisson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The genuineness of your laugh or smile.
—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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,
10 Mar. 2026
Instead of witty repartee or slick delivery, expect genuineness, a generosity of spirit, and a feeling of being nurtured and taken care of.
—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
In a sport obsessed with flawlessness, Glenn appealed with genuineness.
—
Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Widely listened to for decades, his staying power comes from his plainspoken nature, genuineness and relatability as much as his determination and hard work.
—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genuineness
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The moment of truth is just about here.
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Shifting loyalties, complicated emotions, and unexpected challenges force their circle to confront difficult truths, as new opportunities and past tensions collide—raising the stakes and setting the stage for lasting consequences.
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When an audience member posed a hypothetical choice between a flawed but distinctive film and a polished but unremarkable one, Leung said either would do, arguing that cinema’s goal was sincerity, in performance or in a director’s expression, rather than polish.
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Just when there are emotional moments of sincerity about healthcare denials causing bankruptcy and even death, the tone shifts with a joke about fan girls sending Mangione their underwear.
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However, officials have said little about the authenticity of the letters, leaving questions about their authenticity unanswered.
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That is what the usual advice about authenticity often misses.
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Seydoux asks me in a moment of frankness.
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Her love for the city is palpable, imbued with her frankness, her fun, her queerness, and her history.
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Mary Gaitskill is particularly good at this ideal combination of straightforwardness and pithiness.
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Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.
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Points, too, for the solid casting, from the leads’ tricky pivoting from openness to caginess, to the criminally underseen Wasikowska, who navigates maternal complexities of worry and compassion that confound easy pigeonholing.
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Low curiosity, low humility, low openness to feedback — these are precisely the traits that both predict the need for change and predict resistance to it.
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The unsealing of the disciplinary findings came one day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sharply rebuked Krasner’s office for misleading courts, withholding evidence, and violating its duty of candor in multiple efforts to overturn murder convictions.
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This kind of candor has not gone unnoticed by collaborators like Dane, who notes that there is often a kinship among actors who started out in the business at an early age.
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What was once a poignant effort to extend a state of ingenuousness is now tainted from the start.
Cite this Entry
“Genuineness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genuineness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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