as in honesty
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
The balance of sincerity and levity continued throughout the night.
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Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026
Love, business alliances and long-term commitments come into focus, demanding sincerity and nurture.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Speak with heart to help sincerity build bridges that last.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Wide receiver Rome Odunze pointed to Johnson’s intensity and sincerity as traits that lit the wick in the locker room.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026
Love, business alliances and long-term commitments come into focus, demanding sincerity and nurture.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Speak with heart to help sincerity build bridges that last.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Wide receiver Rome Odunze pointed to Johnson’s intensity and sincerity as traits that lit the wick in the locker room.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sincerity
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This communicates self-awareness, honesty, and long-term reliability.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This is the year relationships and commitments stop being theoretical and start demanding structure and honesty.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Cary Jenkins,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed off those comments as an example of the president’s frankness.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
8 Dec. 2025
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Their frankness and loyalty are also notable when the call is in.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
23 Nov. 2025
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WalletHub has studied deferred interest since 2012, periodically flagging retailers that offer the loans and rating their financing offers on transparency and forthrightness.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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Monique’s penchant for forthrightness, almost to the point of abruptness, is what makes her reintegration to the cast fascinating already.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
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Still, Dunk believes in himself, like any good hero, and people are drawn to his guilelessness.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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But there’s a guilelessness to everything Bella does, a trust in the universe and an insatiable curiosity about humanity.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Regardless, this is a solid biography portrait with enough diaristic candor to compel a relisten to her greatest hits, in life and music.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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Their liability is candor debt.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Sincerity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sincerity. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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