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At the time, that may very well have been true; in some ways, it still is.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
This is when you might find out about a lost retirement account, or the true scope of your debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The author of “Courage Can Save US” on true stories of self-sacrifice from battlefields at home and abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
That’s true of a new South Dakota law, currently being challenged in federal court, that covers what it frames as illegal advertising.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The baby, Elora Greer, could crack plaster with her scream, it was true.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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It is a truer gauge of the sector versus a more widely cited ETF External link, which is heavily weighted toward Amazon.com External link and Tesla.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
But look past all that technical prowess, and you’ll find a remarkably introspective story about the complexities of integrity, examining the choices we make and the sacrifices we endure to become truer versions of ourselves.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
As a spinner, he was brought into the XI for the turning conditions in Colombo but England's semi-final is likely to be on a truer surface in Mumbai on Thursday.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
A truer picture of the potential job losses may be in the number of central-office positions that are being “closed” or eliminated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
No pig ever had truer friends, and he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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"It's a team in the truest sense of the word. There are no big stars, no freeloaders," Skauge said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
I think that’s what they’re seeing when they connect at the beginning of Season 3; they’re the truest version of themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
“The truest apology would be for him to not engage in antisemitic behavior in the future.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
"The image of them walking through the rain, smiling and engaging with islanders, felt like the truest reflection of that day," Mr Butler said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
For the most part, she was careful to keep her letters platonic, calling him a “dear good friend,” a “Dear boy,” and “one of the truest friends I’ve ever had.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Just three logical functions, called AND, OR and NOT, are needed to process Boole's "trues" and "falses," or Is and Os.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The trues had it: 70% in Caracas, 63% in Lima.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"I don't care," were among the first words Cousin Magdalen made out clearly, "there isn't two trues, and what I'm telling is real true true, as true as true."
From Hoodie by Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward
And if peoples 'zinks so much about trues, they shouldn't vant me to say what isn't true about being in fun when I wasn't in fun.
From Hoodie by Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward
I have lived with our trues heroes—the lower middle-classes.”
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
With the pyramids the Egyptians created gigantic scientific instruments for measuring the solar year, building their sides trued to the four cardinal directions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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If you've had your Banshee cylinder trued and welded, put the crank into the bottom case and rotate the crank using the rods to do so.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The plates are very readily fixed to the circular table H, and the edge of the flange trued up much quicker than by the ordinary means of chipping.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua
The pulley is now put to its place on the shaft and keyed, the edges trued up, and the face turned off with the utmost exactness.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
After the boring is completed the edge E is trued by the large-face milling cutter M bolted to the spindle sleeve.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.
Some were engaged in "trueing" the four great foundation beams of what was evidently to be a large building.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
Presently he turned and spoke to the man: “Put your men at work trueing up the roadbed on the next section back, until further orders.”
From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
Her strappy sandals are making lots of noise as she runs around the class looking for a truing wheel--to give her pattern the appropriate curve.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Fret-saw the holes, cutting just inside the lines to allow for truing up with a coarse file.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
A balance of this description may be poised as it is and often will produce better timing results than would be gained by perfect truing and subsequent regulation during readjustment of the metals.
From Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Kleinlein, Walter J.
Allow a little "spare" on the boards for truing up.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
Mention has been previously made of the importance of truing both valve head and seat before attempt is made to refit the parts by grinding.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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