truthfulness

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Recent Examples of truthfulness 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truthfulness
Noun
  • The district attorney’s office’s community integrity unit discovered the Brady rule violation, according to a news release from the office.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The optimizer explanation argues for better objective specification and evaluation integrity.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Making good on his promise in The Holdovers, Dominic Sessa is excellent in the role, nailing the contradictory aspects of a slippery character while mapping his coming-of-age arc with empathy and honesty.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
  • An honesty first, the kind the easy version of this argument would skip.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • But perhaps the performance that lingers most in our minds is that of Elliot Page, 39, who in just a few short scenes anchors the film with his guileless sincerity and righteous anger.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • In a testament to that sincerity, Neil Young had the Stop Shopping Choir open for him on his 2024 tour.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • The Bangladesh-Japan free trade agreement is another promising development, alongside initiatives involving Japanese firms like Marubeni that emphasize reliability, innovation and longer-term buying.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
  • During the event, the Experimental Operations Unit flew several missions to test the aircraft’s reliability and range.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

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“Truthfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truthfulness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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