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veracity

[vuh-ras-i-tee] / vəˈræs ɪ ti /


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Did it make you doubt the veracity of the Rams’ championship claim?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

In court documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal, the widow, Wathén-Fayed, disputed the veracity of the claims made by some of Al Fayed’s victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rev Adrian McCartney was among those who helped report the initial serious allegation, which was ultimately found to have no veracity, made by the vulnerable woman.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Ross has been entrusted to judge others’ veracity, yet her own candor is in question.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

But there is a harsh message in the veracity of collars and photographs.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

We must wake up to the iron veracities of this war," he wrote, "and then face them not merely without flinching but with redoubled energy of will and effort.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had great good-nature too, though of hot temper and so full of multifarious veracities; a substratum of inarticulate good sense withal, and much magnanimity run wild, or run to seed.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Thomas Carlyle

You can prevent this!—you can prevent it by a single falsehood, which in this case will be more pleasing to God than a thousand mischievous veracities!

From Temporal Power by Marie Corelli

On make-believes of all kinds it based the edifices of all kinds of eternal veracities.

From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells

On the contrary, a canal or cattle piece of Cuyp's had many veracities about it; but they were, at best, truths of the ditch and dairy.

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by John Ruskin




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