basic truth
Example Sentences
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The ongoing discussions about continuing the expired USC-Notre Dame football rivalry should begin with one basic truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
Hong’s company is named after the mathematical term for a basic truth that can be the starting point of an entire theory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
A United official privately offered a basic truth about the club's rebuild much earlier in the summer though.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025
One book publisher was told they were violating the new law for acknowledging the basic truth that being enslaved is a terrible experience.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023
As Kuhn pointed out over and over again, one of the central purposes of an education in the sciences is to hide this basic truth from the next generation of scientists.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
