the truth
noun
: the real facts about something : the things that are true
Are you telling (me) the truth?
At some point you have to face the simple/hard/honest/plain/naked truth that we failed.
Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
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Set against the 1970s American Southwest, Navajo Tribal Police officer Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) sets out to uncover the truth behind a wave of mysterious murders on the reservation.
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Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
5 July 2026
Residents are strictly governed by regulations and believe the outside world is toxic, but the protagonist, an engineer named Juliette Nichols, begins to uncover secrets about the Silo’s history and the truth behind their world.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
But the truth is that our forefathers were sufficiently individualistic to be iconoclastic.
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Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2026
Brown believed that the truth would set us free, as the Bible promises.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
3 July 2026
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Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
5 July 2026
Residents are strictly governed by regulations and believe the outside world is toxic, but the protagonist, an engineer named Juliette Nichols, begins to uncover secrets about the Silo’s history and the truth behind their world.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
But the truth is that our forefathers were sufficiently individualistic to be iconoclastic.
—
Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2026
Brown believed that the truth would set us free, as the Bible promises.
—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
3 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for the truth
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“The truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20truth. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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