1
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
the local tourist bureau is less concerned with the verity of the legend than the fact that it attracts visitors to the area
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as in integrity
devotion to telling the truth
no one is questioning your verity—just your memory of events that happened long ago
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Recent Examples of verity
Helix Earth Technologies has been awarded multiple grants and funding from a verity of sources, including the DOE and NASA, and was recently announced as a finalist in the 2024 Urban Future Prize Competition.
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New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2024
Putin conducts himself as a human quotation from the past, a restorer of Russia's age-old verities.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
The question for Israelis is what will fill the void left by the loss of the old verities.
—Daniel Benjamin, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2023
Taking a whimsical approach to geographical verities, Fernando Poyón constructs a world map in which countries have been jumbled out of position and into a single continent.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
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New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2024
Putin conducts himself as a human quotation from the past, a restorer of Russia's age-old verities.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
The question for Israelis is what will fill the void left by the loss of the old verities.
—Daniel Benjamin, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2023
Taking a whimsical approach to geographical verities, Fernando Poyón constructs a world map in which countries have been jumbled out of position and into a single continent.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verity
Noun
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Instead of building closeness, some truths erode it—especially when honesty is delivered without care, context, or concern for the person on the receiving end.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.—
Walter Quattrociocchi,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026
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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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Brands need to choose authenticity over showmanship and insight over ornament.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Although the authenticity of the notes still has not been verified, the loss of any possible line of communication is not a good sign.—
Elizabeth Hartfield,
CNN Money,
16 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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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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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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“Verity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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