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
The Maria Bamford Questionnaire is a series of 25 questions designed by the beloved comedian to unearth surprising truths about its respondents.
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Maria Bamford, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
While this trope can take on a sexist tinge, considering many men use it to mock, criticize, or dismiss legitimate female frustration (or even pain), there is definitely some truth to the idea that women can experience changes in appetite in the days leading up to that time of the month.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 25 Feb. 2026
October 23 – November 21 Scorpio, truth lands softly yet powerfully now.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2026
The pitch mixes selective truths with outright deception, targeting young men facing joblessness, inflation, and creeping poverty, as well as young women lured by promises of factory jobs, including in drone production tied to the war effort.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
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Maria Bamford, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
While this trope can take on a sexist tinge, considering many men use it to mock, criticize, or dismiss legitimate female frustration (or even pain), there is definitely some truth to the idea that women can experience changes in appetite in the days leading up to that time of the month.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 25 Feb. 2026
October 23 – November 21 Scorpio, truth lands softly yet powerfully now.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2026
The pitch mixes selective truths with outright deception, targeting young men facing joblessness, inflation, and creeping poverty, as well as young women lured by promises of factory jobs, including in drone production tied to the war effort.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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Golden State turned the ball over 21 times and shot just 40% and 23% from behind the arc, while the Pelicans had a 43% accuracy rate from the field.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Cars drifted more in the lane when people used touch screens and speed and accuracy of screen use declined when driving.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In keeping with simple authenticity, Zimone also recommends the meatballs, which are made with Wagyu beef with no tomato sauce.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The pedigree is so valued, the chef at its teppanyaki counter can show you a certificate of authenticity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 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 1 Mar. 2026.
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