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
Kirk's strategy, according to Tomco, was rooted in bold truth-telling and a desire to persuade—not merely provoke—young voters.
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Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
According tarot reader and psychic medium Sarah Potter, there might be some truth to this claim.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
And given how complex truth and trust themselves are, building truthful AI systems is easier said than done.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
According tarot reader and psychic medium Sarah Potter, there might be some truth to this claim.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
And given how complex truth and trust themselves are, building truthful AI systems is easier said than done.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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The W4100i is also factory calibrated for color accuracy, achieving a Delta E figure of less than 2.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Sep. 2025
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The new equations provide a strict limit on the accuracy of a clock based on classical physics.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By humanizing the magazine and showcasing people rather than just furniture, Astley broadened its appeal to generations raised on authenticity.—
Jane Hanson,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Pentagon affirmed the documents' authenticity but would not comment on them.—
Alex Horton,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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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 18 Sep. 2025.
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