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Recent Examples of truthful This is perhaps unsurprising given that lies and truthful communication systematically differ in their characteristics and people can learn to identify lies with good accuracy using just a few simple cues. Sander Van Der Linden, Time, 6 May 2025 Pope Francis taught us that truthful acknowledgment is a moral imperative. Lynn Zovighian, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 This is not only technically truthful, but more importantly, succinct. Judith Martin, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2025 This means treating your child as an honest and truthful person. Dr. Susan Buttross/american Academy Of Pediatrics, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for truthful
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Adjective
  • Log in Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
  • There has been no new-manager bounce, but instead a series of very honest press conferences about how long the United rebuild could take.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • His outspoken criticism of a student strike won him the support of California’s then governor, Ronald Reagan, and, in 1968, Hayakawa was appointed the college’s acting president.
    Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • Another singles match will see the tough Sheamus go one-on-one with the outspoken Grayson Waller.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truthful. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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