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
This tension—balancing the free flow of information with protections for truth—is familiar to any online forum built on anonymous assessments, from Yelp to Rate My Professors.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The visit also draws attention to the North African origins of Augustine, who spent only five years in Italy but is often seen through a Eurocentric lens as one of the greatest Western thinkers of Christianity for his writings on truth, evil, creation and grace.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Navigating transphobic rhetoric Significantly, this latter claim is embedded within partial truths.
—Jenna Norosky, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
And that joke carries a bitter truth.
—Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The visit also draws attention to the North African origins of Augustine, who spent only five years in Italy but is often seen through a Eurocentric lens as one of the greatest Western thinkers of Christianity for his writings on truth, evil, creation and grace.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Navigating transphobic rhetoric Significantly, this latter claim is embedded within partial truths.
—Jenna Norosky, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
And that joke carries a bitter truth.
—Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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The system maintained accuracy despite the carrier’s movement.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As millennials value authenticity, personalized services, and customization, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach seems to be the key to a successful program.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2026
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Sure, there’s an air of elegance that pervades with guests often embodying that quiet luxury vibe, but that doesn’t spoil the authenticity of the resort, which is a destination for those seeking a blend of sun, sand and sophistication—no matter what designer label your shoes happen to be.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There is an emphatic truthfulness to the story and the performances that anchor it, which is both refreshing and innovative.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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Some people thought the character was too much, but Danica managed to make her just that without losing the truthfulness, and the ending wouldn’t have worked without that.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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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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“Truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truth. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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