genuine article

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.

Midell latches onto that historical angle, which reads as an intentional creative decision as well as a moral one; if Emma’s ordeal is more thoroughly annotated than others’, a modicum of respect is owed to the record and to her suffering, whether it was a consequence of human ignorance or the genuine article in mankind’s long tradition of misdiagnosing behavioral health maladies as infernal.

When Yemen's health ministry reported that 53 people had been killed by U.S. strikes on March 15, Goldberg knew that he had inadvertently been given the genuine article.

Ohtani wanted the genuine article and told reporters after the game, “For me, it’s a very special ball, so I’m thankful.”

The resulting constructions, the study authors report, looked, felt, and smelled just like the genuine article—and even had the durability of natural wood.