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b
: a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true
truths of thermodynamics
c
: the body of true statements and propositions
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a
: the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality
b
chiefly British
: true sense 2
c
: fidelity to an original or to a standard
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Examples of truth in a Sentence
At some point you have to face the simple truth that we failed.
Their explanation was simpler but came closer to the truth.
The article explains the truth about global warming.
A reporter soon discovered the truth.
Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Her story contains a grain of truth but also lots of exaggeration.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
But Carr’s intervention thrusts the FCC — and government — into a miscast role as the arbiter of truth.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
His storyline becomes a quest for truth within a shelter built on fantasies and populated by liars.
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Mike Fontaine, a professor of classics at Cornell University, notes that there is a long history of comedians being silenced for speaking truth to power.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
But Carr’s intervention thrusts the FCC — and government — into a miscast role as the arbiter of truth.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
His storyline becomes a quest for truth within a shelter built on fantasies and populated by liars.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Mike Fontaine, a professor of classics at Cornell University, notes that there is a long history of comedians being silenced for speaking truth to power.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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