the truth
noun
: the real facts about something : the things that are true
Are you telling (me) the truth?
At some point you have to face the simple/hard/honest/plain/naked truth that we failed.
Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
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Sound fiscal management means planning ahead, telling taxpayers the truth, and making decisions based on long-term stability rather than short-term optics.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Trump is best understood as our first Nietzschean President, a man who explicitly embraces the will to power as the ultimate value, a force to which even the truth must give way.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
The result again is a pervasive nihilism, where the truth of what’s being discussed matters less than the fact that it is being turned into content, the reaction to which will also become content.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
What’s left unsaid governs every moment, as the family seeks to keep the truth from outsiders.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Trump is best understood as our first Nietzschean President, a man who explicitly embraces the will to power as the ultimate value, a force to which even the truth must give way.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
The result again is a pervasive nihilism, where the truth of what’s being discussed matters less than the fact that it is being turned into content, the reaction to which will also become content.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
What’s left unsaid governs every moment, as the family seeks to keep the truth from outsiders.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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“The truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20truth. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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