How to Use falsity in a Sentence

falsity

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  • For the regime, truth and falsity are beside the point.
    — Perry Link, WSJ, 13 June 2021
  • But there's more to this falsity that pops up again and again.
    — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
  • This problem—call it the falsity of the screen—has also posed a problem in fiction.
    — Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
  • And since a libel case requires proof of falsity, their case was doomed.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2017
  • The only way for the court to determine the falsity of that claim would be to litigate the teachings of the Temple.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Repeating the methods of a claimant helps determine the truth or falsity of the claims.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2017
  • As a result, AZ Fact Check cannot determine the truth or falsity of the statement.
    — Nicole Ludden, azcentral, 6 July 2019
  • We are trained in work, in the falsity of a secure future when there’s no such thing; we are not trained to keep asking how to make the most of our lives right now.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In many cases, the boundary between truth and falsity is blurred.
    — Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
  • No good comes out of it … having to hear all the blather and having to hear all the nonsense and the negativity and the falsities.
    — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 14 May 2017
  • There are other details in the Facebook post that also point to its falsity.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
  • This is what’s missing from all the coverage of QAnon’s falsity and dangers.
    — Whitney Phillips, Wired, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Lisal had strong opinions about the falsity of magic, and Marina was inclined to echo her.
    — cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • To be sure, Mr. Henrich would insist that his thesis says nothing about the truth or falsity of Catholic doctrine.
    — Christopher Levenick, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Pick at the stories and legends built up over the long years of the global war on terrorism, and their utter falsity eventually comes to the fore.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • One of Bass’s achievements in Judgment at Tokyo is to expose the arbitrariness and falsity of any such boundaries.
    — Michael Washburn, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • New Jersey State Police have also addressed the falsity of the claim, which was repeated word-for-word, back in 2015 on Facebook.
    — Melissa Badamo, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Twenty years of high-stakes testing has demonstrated the falsity of that belief.
    — Diane Ravitch, The New Republic, 25 Feb. 2021
  • President Donald Trump's latest falsity is too easy to fact-check, even for him.
    — Marissa G. Muller, Teen Vogue, 3 Aug. 2018
  • It was eventually removed from the platform, but due to a copyright claim, not because of its falsity.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Davis also ruled on falsity, finding that the statements broadcast about Dominion were, in fact, false.
    — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Absent clear and convincing evidence of falsity, the Campaign will have an uphill fight on this one.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 1 Apr. 2020
  • This is one of those questions that I’m always asked about stereotyping: Are stereotypes simply falsities?
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2018
  • Newsmax also claimed that Smartmatic had failed to take enough steps during the post-election coverage period to alert the news outlet to the falsity of the statements.
    — Erik Larson, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2022
  • Caleb claimed a brand identity in his early career, but over time, that brand identity became a falsity.
    — Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2021
  • Maybe, if times weren’t so dire, the utter falsity of Lindell and Watkin’s narratives would be more readily apparent.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2021
  • If artists allow their brand identity to be altered and turned into a falsity, their message inevitably becomes tainted and no longer true to what the artist believes.
    — Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2021
  • Fans eagerly debated the dispute, but that it was even volleyed gives credence to a cultural falsity.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The government should be able to respond to this kind of falsity—if not by prohibiting certain kinds of speech, then at least by labeling the lies as such or by requiring social media platforms to do so.
    — Jameel Jaffer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
  • History of the past 50 years, particularly the latest three administrations, shows the falsity of this outlook.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024

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