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the act or fact of being honest or direct
His sincerity and loyalty made him a good friend.
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Recent Examples of sincerity
And the movie has a real sweetness and sincerity to it, determined to give family audiences a superhero flick that’s not all ponderous brooding and dark origin stories.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Fox produced the master at Sound Stage, intent on finding a middle ground: enough bite to elevate its sound beyond ballad territory but slow enough to convey its seriousness and sincerity.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 10 July 2025
In an age that often equated sincerity with sentimentality, the spot was taken seriously.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
On the contrary, there’s a kind of sincerity to his reverence for beauty, for the erotic as art.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Fox produced the master at Sound Stage, intent on finding a middle ground: enough bite to elevate its sound beyond ballad territory but slow enough to convey its seriousness and sincerity.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 10 July 2025
In an age that often equated sincerity with sentimentality, the spot was taken seriously.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
On the contrary, there’s a kind of sincerity to his reverence for beauty, for the erotic as art.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sincerity
Noun
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Not so much sonically, but just her honesty and her ability to enunciate these things.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Journalists who have interviewed her praise her intelligence and honesty.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
1 Aug. 2025
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In his spending plan this year, Trump proposed an 8% reduction in staff at the bureau, raising questions over the integrity of its counts on employment, consumer prices and multiple other economic metrics.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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During those meetings, the Justice Department granted her limited immunity in exchange for her candor, ABC News reported.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
26 July 2025
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The Radical Candor Podcast Radical candor is the idea of stating your honest opinion, the positive and negative, while exhibiting empathy for the other person.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Her sensational dribble and finish in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal was a good example of her directness.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The pace and directness of Elanga, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Ola Aina have been at the heart of head coach Nuno Espirito Santo’s ethos: be fiercely difficult to break down, hurt teams with rapier-like counter-attacks.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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More than just engineering better turbines or blending fuels, this is about powering a new era where reliability and sustainability go hand-in-hand.—
Javier Cavada,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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At her direction, the state’s clean energy efforts are being driven by three main priorities: affordability, sustainability, and grid reliability.—
Doreen M. Harris,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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“Sincerity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sincerity. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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