obvious truth
Example Sentences
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Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a “gaffe” as what happens “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
But the obvious truth is the Marine Corps appears to be doing just fine without a top officer.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2023
The data that are available support an obvious truth about car colors: Americans have homogeneous tastes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
“The obvious truth is that Diana’s story is one of the most told and retold stories probably in the past 30 years,” Perkins said in an interview this week.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
They charged that Bliss was more concerned about protecting his reputation than admitting the obvious truth: The body of a forty-nine-year-old man in previous good health had been destroyed by infection and starvation.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
