be true
Example Sentences
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For many, he seemed too good to be true.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026
Laughing, he said, "This is too good to be true."
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
The two findings can both be true, Kharazian said, because the Stanford study was broader and didn’t focus just on the firms that use AI.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2026
If it proves to be true, it’s bad news for so-called neoclouds that are also in the business of selling AI computing power as Meta pivots from a major customer to a potential rival.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Descartes, following in this tradition, used the word in S45 to refer to principles that ought, for theological reasons, to be acknowledged as false, but that are helpful if one pretends they might be true.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
