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  • adjective superlative form of true: most true.

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  • "The Haunted House," by the same author, is one of the truest poems ever written; one of the _truest_, one of the most unexceptionable, one of the most thoroughly artistic both in its theme and in its execution.

    Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

  • Our Christmas Party which we were told NOT to have SUCKED in truest FedEx fashion starting with the budget, Now my husband works for a VERY WELL KNOWN homebuilder, Their parties are Out of this world!!

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Let Down by FedEx 2004

  • Since the dread arm of Death for our truest is reaching.

    The Four Winds of Eirinn 1906

  • With both types, the value of identifying the true treasures is to bring forth the gems from your past that support your truest self and your future goals, rather than criticize or call your truest self into question.

    SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life Julie Morgenstern 2008

  • With both types, the value of identifying the true treasures is to bring forth the gems from your past that support your truest self and your future goals, rather than criticize or call your truest self into question.

    SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life Julie Morgenstern 2008

  • On sudden cardiac arrest calls the truest measure of emergency medical performance these cities have focused on the response time from the victim's point of view: How long after 911 is called does help reach the patient and deliver lifesaving care?

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • The survival of the truest is a constant law, I fancy, though it must be acknowledged that it is very slow in action.

    The Stark Munro Letters Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • The survival of the truest is a constant law, I fancy, though it must be acknowledged that it is very slow in action.

    The Stark Munro Letters 1894

  • Lots of classic Spidey characters were introduced and this run is the "truest" run of Spidey ever despite later great runs and work by Romita and son, Gil Kane, Ross Andru, John Byrne * I * like his Spidey visuals , and yes, even Todd McFarlane with great stories by Gerry Conway, Roger Stern, and JMS, among others.

    Top 100 Comic Book Runs #6 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • By those who rest knowledge immediately upon sense, that explanation of human action is deemed to be the truest which is nearest to sense.

    Theaetetus 2007

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