bona fide

Example Sentences

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For purists, EVs are a textbook case of bona fide demand destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Released last June, “KPop Demon Hunters” is a bona fide global sensation, a status that not even Netflix, its distributor, anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

But even people who aren’t being silenced, such as all the folks crying “cancel culture” after being called names on social media, steal the valor of bona fide free speech martyrs.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

The latter earned Duvall an Oscar nomination and made him a bona fide star after years playing lesser roles.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Kathy Hudson, who has conducted focus groups about the public’s feelings on the tissue issue, says she believes that tissue rights have the potential to become a bona fide movement.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot