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as in integrity
devotion to telling the truth
her innate veracity is beyond question
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2
as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
I challenge the veracity of many of the quotations in his memoirs, for he recreates conversations that occurred decades ago
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Recent Examples of veracity
The veracity of Bronstein’s observation bounces back and forth.
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Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The defense also questioned the veracity of the audio evidence, according to WISN.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
The body worn camera videos will support these facts and challenge the accuracy and veracity of the allegations made in the complaint.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Trump and his medical team have consistently maintained that the President is in good health but commentators have queried the veracity of that claim.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The defense also questioned the veracity of the audio evidence, according to WISN.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
The body worn camera videos will support these facts and challenge the accuracy and veracity of the allegations made in the complaint.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Trump and his medical team have consistently maintained that the President is in good health but commentators have queried the veracity of that claim.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veracity
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Canadians are taking it personally that their integrity is coming under attack in front of a global audience at the Olympics, which touts the values of respect and friendship.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The National Park Service routinely updates exhibits across the park system to ensure historical accuracy and completeness.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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This requires clinicians to evaluate for accuracy and voice—patients like hearing back from their clinician in their own voice.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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Other times, however, people are simply oblivious about how their honesty will land.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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Harris kept coming back to the idea of Dunk’s honesty as the keystone for how the Trial of the Seven was conceived, choreographed, shot, and edited.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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But because these runs are judged, and time counts for only 20% of the score, with jumps and precision through the moguls counting for the rest, Lamley edged out the Canadian for third.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Her own divorce, then, represented a shattering—of a home, of an identity, of a life—a process that Cusk dissects with a surgeon’s coolness and precision.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 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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Tunnels are also not truly watertight, requiring drainage measures like sump pumps and creating maintenance and reliability issues, the group advised.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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And right now, California’s energy transition is failing the very people it’s supposed to help — working- and middle-class families — because it is being driven more by mandates and hope than by realism, reliability, and affordability.—
Suzette Valladares,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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Turner manages to put across this supreme shallowness with total sincerity.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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No one with sincerity agrees with a group on all things 100% of the time.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Veracity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veracity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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