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honesty

[on-uh-stee] / ˈɒn ə sti /


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Heisenberg: I could have picked pretty much any Hull player as one to avoid, because in all honesty we should be avoiding most of their squad.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“Tony” doesn’t so much depict the first steps of a march to greatness as prove the importance of discipline and honesty.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Zelensky says he is still working out "what adjustments need to be made to Ukraine's defence strategy" and has thanked everyone "for their openness, honesty and substantive contributions".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

“For the last few years, I thought I could buy my way out of this,” Newsom said with a shocking bit of honesty, pointing to all that budget money that has been invested.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Her honesty and guilt, they made me like her even more.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

The honesties and fun that went into it seem childlike enough after 30 years of rough and sobering history.

From Time Magazine Archive

A sort of documentary of Bumper's last three days before retirement, the book tends to be a bit ostentatious in such honesties, as if they established Bumper's credibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

“What do you mean?” he asked her, and she heard a looming disagreement in his voice; he, too, believed in unbending, unambiguous honesties.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In essence, poetry is the love of life—not mere brutish tenacity of sensation, but a passion for all the honesties that make life free and generous and clean.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

If there be nobler eyes, More full of honor and of honesties, In finer head, on broader shoulders found, Then have I never met the man or hound.

From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various




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