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veracity

[vuh-ras-i-tee] / vəˈræs ɪ ti /


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She denies wrongdoing, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation questioned the veracity of the felon’s account and closed its inquiry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Smith, for his part, is dubious about the veracity of the ransom notes - and believes Guthrie was ferreted down to Mexico where she could more easily be kept out of sight.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 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

But no one ever doubted the veracity of any story about Baba.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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

The essence of all heroism and veracities that have been or will be.'

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Hector Carsewell Macpherson

But my business is only to state veracities and necessities; I neither look for the acceptance of the one, nor hope for the nearness of the other.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

He had great good-nature too, though of hot temper and so full of multifarious veracities; a substratum of inarticulate good sense withal, and much magnanimity run wild, or run to seed.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Thomas Carlyle

In this aspect of it then, I say, it is the simplest and nakedest of lovely veracities.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin


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