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the act or fact of being honest or direct
His sincerity and loyalty made him a good friend.
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Recent Examples of sincerity
What skills — care, competence, sincerity, and reliability — are needed to strengthen the trust in these relationships?
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Colin Bedell, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
The film’s ever-so-slightly absurd sincerity is nothing if not brazen.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Success won’t be measured in scale, but in sincerity.
—Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
Several applauded Clark’s transparency and sincerity.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Colin Bedell, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
The film’s ever-so-slightly absurd sincerity is nothing if not brazen.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Success won’t be measured in scale, but in sincerity.
—Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
Several applauded Clark’s transparency and sincerity.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sincerity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sincerity
Noun
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Someone could surprise you with honesty, or a connection could flip overnight.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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But Seehorn learned through Gould on Saul that honesty in any direction leads to the respect of an audience, not shameless pandering.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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The three faced off in two contentious debates in October, in which Mamdani and Cuomo sparred over issues of integrity and experience while Sliwa sought to paint them as two sides of the same ideological coin.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But despite its frankness, the show is more interested in ambition than in sexuality or gender relations.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The recording of that release as depicted in the documentary is the balancing light to the overwhelming dark Osbourne experienced in his later years, a series of illnesses, hospitalizations, frustrations and ceaseless pain shown with unblinking frankness.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For parents, the name of the game is forthrightness.—
Nona Han,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On a humid evening in May, Patricia Lockwood, who writes with the impish verve and provocative guilelessness of a peeing cupid, was scanning the menu at a Mexican restaurant near her home, in Savannah, Georgia.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The request may be unusual for leaders not familiar with the candor of the younger generation, but the boss approved it without question.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her candor hasn’t been dented—this is a woman who clearly feels and cares deeply about the world.—
Helen Mirren,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Sincerity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sincerity. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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