be true
Example Sentences
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“If something sounds too good to be true, like it promises to reprogram your DNA? It’s probably not true,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Classifying cancers based on their cellular characteristics, not their locations, has led to new and improved treatments. We hope the same will be true for depression and other psychiatric or brain diseases."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
These stocks have grown at a rate that seems too good to be true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the news invariably turns out to not be true.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
The standard argument is that this thesis proves that evidence does not determine what scientists hold to be true; consequently, it is claimed, scientific beliefs are primarily shaped by cultural and social factors.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
