genuine
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Speaking to the BBC following the win, he said the award was a "genuine surprise".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
For all the explicit and widely shared concerns Leo names throughout, there is a through line of genuine love for humanity and what we can do at our best—including with the machines at our side.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
The two actors—and Mr. Rash’s script—make them human, and genuine, and kept this viewer close to entranced despite the staginess of the production.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
These developments don’t threaten dollar dominance today or tomorrow, but they reflect a genuine, if gradual, de-risking impulse among sovereigns who have concluded that some diversification away from dollar concentration is prudent.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
She shook her head and gave a smile that didn’t seem genuine to Nathan.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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