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
This was one of those personal truths that after voicing it to someone else solidifies its verity — and all in the name of Los Angeles.
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Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The Dead zero in on eternal verities, cosmic consciousness, storytelling archetypes.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
In September 2023, 'The New Yorker' published a story calling into question the verity behind the personal stories in Hasan Minhaj's stand-up sets
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Hasan Minhaj has had a successful career as a comedian, with three Netflix specials under his belt.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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.
—New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2024
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Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The Dead zero in on eternal verities, cosmic consciousness, storytelling archetypes.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
In September 2023, 'The New Yorker' published a story calling into question the verity behind the personal stories in Hasan Minhaj's stand-up sets
Comments
Hasan Minhaj has had a successful career as a comedian, with three Netflix specials under his belt.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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.
—New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verity
Noun
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Her belief in a universal truth was not unique, but her pursuit of it was relentless and oddly self-erasing.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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The time traveler hopes to warn him and save his life, but is confronted with a painful truth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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Our goal is to maintain the integrity of this iconic brand and create a great television event so viewers watching decide to come to New York and see these shows.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
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Integrated force sensors help improve grip control and accuracy, allowing the hand to carry out delicate tasks with consistent performance.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Jennifer Boren Campos Keeps Businesses Organized and Compliant Jennifer Boren Campos, owner of P2 Services, works in an area where accuracy matters every day.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The organization has guided enough candidates through multiple cycles to approach these situations with both honesty and genuine optimism, identifying specifically what needs to change and executing adjustments with the same rigor applied to initial preparation.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Thomas Tuchel’s explanation for not taking Cole Palmer to the World Cup was brutal in its honesty.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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At Nama, the smaller, poolside Japanese restaurant, every dish is prettily plated but a little short on authenticity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The most telling detail about the vintage Heuer Monaco leading Sotheby’s Important Watches Auction in New York on June 15 speaks to the watch’s indisputable authenticity.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026
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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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The piece has to throb and, well, that is not the first verb that comes to mind in director Jonathan Butterell’s production, with all due respect for the sincerity of the effort and the intermittent effectiveness of the storytelling.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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But in those cases and others, the defendants took concrete steps that demonstrated their sincerity and conscious awareness of the threatening nature of their speech.—
Wayne Unger,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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The chemistry has therefore emerged as a promising option for large-scale energy storage, where cost, resource availability, and operational reliability are critical factors.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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Its value depends on a combination of its performance on various benchmarks, reliability, latency, context length, integration into business systems, and the skill of the operator.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Verity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verity. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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