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honesty

[on-uh-stee] / ˈɒn ə sti /


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Political Gabfest host Emily Bazelon praised the essay’s unflinching candor in exploring her relationship, noting that “it’s the honesty that makes me cry.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Shannon McManus, a resident of another rural Louisiana parish with a data center in the works, told NPR that he’s all for progress, but just asks for honesty from tech giants.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The honesty of the acting is so enlivening that I’m tempted to rank this production among the very best Wilson revivals I’ve seen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

They trounced Rangers on all of the things that require no talent, just honesty.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

In all honesty, she didn’t particularly care at the moment.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

A sort of documentary of Bumper's last three days before retirement, the book tends to be a bit ostentatious in such honesties, as if they established Bumper's credibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

The honesties and fun that went into it seem childlike enough after 30 years of rough and sobering history.

From Time Magazine Archive

“What do you mean?” he asked her, and she heard a looming disagreement in his voice; he, too, believed in unbending, unambiguous honesties.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

My father and Mary—Well! the day for them, the night for me; the grimy cynical night that makes all cats grey, and all honesties of one complexion.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson

Here find a home all nigh-forgotten herbs;     The sage and rosemary nod side by side; A giant lavender no pruning curbs,     With us each year the honesties abide.

From The Dales of Arcady by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe




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