authentic

Example Sentences

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The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They’re authentic to their background, sincere according to their world view… and vulnerable.”

From Los Angeles Times

“When we watched the dailies, it just didn’t feel authentic. So we reshot it with more meat: Willa second-guessing everybody and Bob having to earn her trust by proving his identity with the secret code.”

From Los Angeles Times

Now, nearly four years on, the former striker says he is so much happier living life as his "authentic self".

From BBC

The commission’s definition of “decisions” turns out to include mere thoughts: whether users believe an account is authentic on a platform “advertising itself as a source for information and news.”

From The Wall Street Journal