genuine

Example Sentences

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After meeting with Bonhams auctioneers, the Alberto Giacometti committee said they were genuine and offered to clean the buttons to prepare them for auction.

From BBC

Wherever they’ve come from, they’re together now, and a mutual respect and brotherly camaraderie emerges, as well as a genuine and quite touching form of male bonding.

From The Wall Street Journal

If grade inflation is a genuine problem, it is more troubling where grades obscure weak preparation.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the central meaning of all this has yet to be revealed, Seehorn’s performance of Carol’s obstinate loneliness is wrenchingly genuine to anyone who has ever felt alone in a sea of smiling strangers.

From Salon

He insisted it would be a "genuine consultation" - taking into account both the technical specifications of any scheme and broader concerns about security and privacy.

From BBC