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veracity

[vuh-ras-i-tee] / vəˈræs ɪ ti /


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Rev Adrian McCartney was among those who helped report the initial serious allegation, which was ultimately found to have no veracity, made by the vulnerable woman.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Ross has been entrusted to judge others’ veracity, yet her own candor is in question.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

But "at some point, the markets are going to start to question the veracity of some of his statements," he added.

From Barron's Apr. 2, 2026

In 2023, Donner filed a lawsuit in a Washington, D.C., court that contended his dismissal was linked to several instances in which he challenged the veracity of the network’s coverage.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

The veracity of this and other reports of relatively recent Ruess sightings, needless to say, is extremely suspect.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

We must wake up to the iron veracities of this war," he wrote, "and then face them not merely without flinching but with redoubled energy of will and effort.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if you go on into the veracities of the school of Clay, you will find there is something at the roots of almond and apple trees, which is—This.

From Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871 by John Ruskin

You can prevent this!—you can prevent it by a single falsehood, which in this case will be more pleasing to God than a thousand mischievous veracities!

From Temporal Power by Marie Corelli

Had his own life been pure, had his own daily conduct been grounding itself on the clear pavements or actual beliefs and veracities, would he have let his Home Offices come to such a pass?

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle

In a State grounded on veracities, that would be the rule.

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle




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