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,
23 June 2026
The uncomfortable truth is that comprehensively securing every system, process, supplier relationship, application or environment is almost impossible, stretching resources and exponentially increasing security efforts in ways that are difficult to sustain.
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Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
And sure, there is some truth to that.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Agents have long spoken about how, despite preliminary contract talks with several players — Lamare Bogarde, Youri Tielemans, Ross Barkley and Ezri Konsa — nothing could be signed before June 30 and, in truth, only once Villa know how the summer unfolds.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Maria Bamford,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
The uncomfortable truth is that comprehensively securing every system, process, supplier relationship, application or environment is almost impossible, stretching resources and exponentially increasing security efforts in ways that are difficult to sustain.
—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
And sure, there is some truth to that.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Agents have long spoken about how, despite preliminary contract talks with several players — Lamare Bogarde, Youri Tielemans, Ross Barkley and Ezri Konsa — nothing could be signed before June 30 and, in truth, only once Villa know how the summer unfolds.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truth
Noun
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Despite concerns about the accuracy of the records in the new system, Sooknanan said, the administration shared the database with states, which used it on their rolls.
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But it is being pitched to the general public, albeit to those who care about accuracy.
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However, officials have said little about the authenticity of the letters, leaving questions about their authenticity unanswered.
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That is what the usual advice about authenticity often misses.
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There is an emphatic truthfulness to the story and the performances that anchor it, which is both refreshing and innovative.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“Truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truth. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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