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
Rumors also spread faster when there's, at least, a hint of truth to them − or what seems to be truth at a glance.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Jenn, the kindest among the women, hits Katie with the hard truth.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
In the end of 2022, the probe revealed the stunning truth—the cyberbully had been Lauryn’s own mother, Kendra.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
Another truth is that these comments can be even more dangerous when they’re targeted at a celebrity.
—Alison Mann, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Jenn, the kindest among the women, hits Katie with the hard truth.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
In the end of 2022, the probe revealed the stunning truth—the cyberbully had been Lauryn’s own mother, Kendra.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
Another truth is that these comments can be even more dangerous when they’re targeted at a celebrity.
—Alison Mann, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for truth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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The leadership of the paper, and others within Spotlight interviewed during the investigation, felt that McCarthy had behaved appropriately, and was in fact focused on guaranteeing the accuracy of sensitive, high-stakes projects.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Unlike traditional techniques that often sacrifice accuracy by leaving gaps or reducing point density, the Tezduyar–Takizawa simulations maintain consistent precision across the flow patterns.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Oh, and there’s also a certificate of authenticity from Casa Lambretta’s owner, Vittorio Tessera.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Zlotowski praised Foster’s commitment to authenticity on set.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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