genuine article

Example Sentences

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For serious bakers who want to bring bagels to customers who have never tried the genuine article, the farther a shop is from Manhattan, the greater the weight of tradition and representation, said Laurel Kratochvila.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Right now Bachelor Nation youths love the “Golden” season, as do the Olds, because the network sold Turner as the genuine article.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023

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

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