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
Below, Rolling Stone Culture Council members share some uncomfortable truths about personal branding that leaders may hesitate to acknowledge, and why facing these realities can ultimately lead to stronger, more authentic influence.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
In truth, Sadek says, nobody really knows how to build guardrails that work.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
This year’s event gathers politicians, innovators, researchers and documentary professionals to discuss the future of the audiovisual industry, focusing specifically on the state of information, technology and shifting notions of truth.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Days before the couple is set to tie the knot, their relationship is shaken when one of them discovers unsettling truths about the other.
—Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
In truth, Sadek says, nobody really knows how to build guardrails that work.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
This year’s event gathers politicians, innovators, researchers and documentary professionals to discuss the future of the audiovisual industry, focusing specifically on the state of information, technology and shifting notions of truth.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Days before the couple is set to tie the knot, their relationship is shaken when one of them discovers unsettling truths about the other.
—Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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Its massive 60mm Eclipse dual drivers give you high-fidelity 24-bit audio, while the flip-to-mute mic offers broadcast-quality voice accuracy.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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But [there are] accuracy issues, decision-making issues.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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And succeeding as a leader in America today takes not only a special person with traits like authenticity and trustworthiness, but also a support system that is increasingly elusive — from the halls of Congress to the football gridiron.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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For a student manager — someone who typically receives no compensation, though some can earn scholarships — to land that kind of recognition speaks to the power of authenticity and timing in the creator economy.—
Ryan Brennan
March 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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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 21 Mar. 2026.
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