as in accuracy
agreement with fact or reality
there is no truth to the rumor that the couple is getting a divorce
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Recent Examples of truth
Opinion: Against vampires or tyrants, truth is the essential weapon.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Here's the hard truth: A vast majority of people are watering their plants way too much.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
In a world increasingly reliant on autonomous agents and decentralized networks, this moment underscored a powerful truth.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
In truth, the same logic could be applied to Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United — all of who would benefit from a new No 9 on their books — which is precisely what makes Sesko such an attractive prospect.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Here's the hard truth: A vast majority of people are watering their plants way too much.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
In a world increasingly reliant on autonomous agents and decentralized networks, this moment underscored a powerful truth.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
In truth, the same logic could be applied to Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United — all of who would benefit from a new No 9 on their books — which is precisely what makes Sesko such an attractive prospect.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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Discuss Tools’ Trustworthiness Women tend to be more cautious about AI’s fairness and accuracy.—
Corinne Post,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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By August 2025, the University must submit to the government a report—certified for accuracy—that confirms these reforms.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Caruth’s determination to cleave simultaneously to the idea both that the traumatic memory is the only historic fact the individual possesses and that this facticity remains incapable of adequate representation is paradoxical bordering on the perverse.—
Will Self,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
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This new discipline borrowed features from philology and belles lettres—period specialization and close reading, respectively—but abjured their emphasis on facticity and appreciation in favor of a new goal: interpretation.—
Evan Kindley,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Feb. 2023
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“Truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truth. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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