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
In truth, Johnson’s lack of meaningful contribution to date may now prompt Palace to revert back to that way of operating in future.
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Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Though the full moon in Leo peaked on February 1, 2026, its astrological energy is still plenty strong, setting us up to speak our truth on a collective and individual level.
—Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
Or maybe there’s a hint of truth, and not all car salesmen are like that.
—Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Some offer a peek at my encounters backstage while waiting for the curtain to come up on me, while others pull back the curtain to share the raw truth about one of the most awful experiences in my private life.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
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Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Though the full moon in Leo peaked on February 1, 2026, its astrological energy is still plenty strong, setting us up to speak our truth on a collective and individual level.
—Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
Or maybe there’s a hint of truth, and not all car salesmen are like that.
—Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Some offer a peek at my encounters backstage while waiting for the curtain to come up on me, while others pull back the curtain to share the raw truth about one of the most awful experiences in my private life.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for truth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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Everyday Health follows strict sourcing guidelines to ensure the accuracy of its content, outlined in our editorial policy.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Teams would select for accuracy and work harder to hone it.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Siddiqsons is seeing success with Axson Cryo—a fabric Abbas Jan, the mill’s director of sales and marketing, said offers brands a balance of authenticity, comfort and process innovation.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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Finalists were required to provide original image files during the final judging stage to verify the authenticity of their work and confirm that no AI tools were used in the creation of the images.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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 9 Feb. 2026.
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