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
Two decades of misery In truth, Italy started the game on top, scoring in the 15th minute through Fiorentina forward Moise Kean to set up what should have been a smooth, routine win.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
The Syrian Revolution inspired Zaalan to become a clown after losing friends, acquaintances and inspirations who were truth tellers and artists.
—Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Far more terrifying than the monsters pursuing her, however, are the dark truths in her heart that could spell the end of any future with Kaushika.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The more useful truth sits in the middle.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
The Syrian Revolution inspired Zaalan to become a clown after losing friends, acquaintances and inspirations who were truth tellers and artists.
—Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Far more terrifying than the monsters pursuing her, however, are the dark truths in her heart that could spell the end of any future with Kaushika.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The more useful truth sits in the middle.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
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Beyond the music, these earbuds offer high-accuracy AI translation for 100 languages via the Soundcore app and support wireless charging, providing up to 10 hours of playback on a single charge and 42 hours total with the case.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Artists began to care less about the accuracy of representation and pivoted to self-expression.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Throughout the years, people have debated what constitutes authenticity in metal, raising the question in turn of what the essence of metal should really be.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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All three are masterful actors who interact seamlessly and bring urgency, intensity and authenticity to their characters.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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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
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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 2 Apr. 2026.
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