partial truth
Example Sentences
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Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry, who chairs the committee, said that when it previously asked the senior civil servant about the vetting process "we got a partial truth".
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
“I’m going to tell everyone that I’m a substitute teacher and a Special Olympics coach, which is true; it’s just a partial truth because I don’t want to share everything else that I do.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023
They are known as “the wealthiest generation,” a moniker that reveals only a partial truth about baby boomers.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2020
He agrees there's partial truth in that, but this flag is a different story.
From US News • Jun. 22, 2015
The second and third economical modes Clement calls lying; meaning that a partial truth is in some sense a lie, and so also is a representative truth.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry
