genuine article

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In an industry where phoniness and arrogance are stipulated in the fine print of an actor’s soul-selling contract, Candy remained the genuine article until his untimely death in 1994.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

And not a sagacious orchestral adaptation of swing — as in Adams’s “City Noir” — but the genuine article.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Thirty-five years later with “Renfield,” Cage is finally playing the genuine article, complete with bloodthirsty fangs and a dapper velvet smoking jacket.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Six-plus decades into their existence, the Chargers finally have replaced the fool’s gold on their uniforms with the genuine article.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2023

They were the genuine article, mostly the products of lumber towns, dairy farms, mining camps, fishing boats, and shipyards.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown