How to Use truther in a Sentence
truther
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This seems to be a reversal for Zuckerberg, who was once a fake-news truther.
—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018
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And yet a steady gurgling of moon truther ephemera has remained since the 1970s, from books to documentaries and now, YouTube videos.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 24 June 2019
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Though some stubborn fans still don’t believe the Lyanna thing (shout out to the N+A=J truthers, that fact is pretty much canon at this point.
—Joanna Robinson, HWD, 12 July 2017
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Yes, and sometimes that wins out over aluminum cancer truthers.
—Adam Hurly, GQ, 28 Mar. 2018
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The nerds had their subreddits and Metafilter threads, the artists had their zines and Tumblrs, the 9/11 truthers had their email lists and subway pamphlets.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 27 June 2018
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The Sixers were always a bit of a sleeper team this season, but even the most excited Hinkie truther would likely have been hard-pressed to guess this team would win 50 games.
—The Crossover Staff, SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
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All those Jon/Daenerys truthers must be psyched (except they're related, if that even matters)!
—Dave Holmes, Esquire, 21 Aug. 2017
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One of the biggest pieces of evidence that Jana truthers have been pointing to when trying to prove that the relationship is fake is Tana's engagement ring.
—Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2019
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Trubisky truthers quickly dismissed the rankings as football geeks gone wild and wondered what in the name of Andy Dalton their quarterback had to do to gain some respect.
—David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
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There’s a second CandyStore study that candy corn truthers cite.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
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Things take a number of surprising turns as the group’s pursuit of the truthers and their money becomes more perilous and improbably amusing.
—Ann Hornaday, Twin Cities, 25 July 2019
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The sneaker is currently on sale on most sites, which, according to sneaker analyst Matt Powell (and known Yeezy truther) doesn't bode well for the style's long-term success.
—Jake Woolf, GQ, 21 Dec. 2017
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In fact, top-sheet truthers are passionate and offer reams (bolts?) of compelling evidence for the superiority of this choice.
—Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 20 June 2018
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In addition to shade, the dictionary also added over 1,000 new words including binge-watch, fast fashion, political truther, Seussian and more.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Feb. 2017
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The average YouTuber isn’t Shane Dawson, however, and neither is the average moon landing truther.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 24 June 2019
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In blog posts on the popular conspiracy-theory website 911truth.org, people used the word truther as a matter-of-fact descriptor for several years.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2021
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These Shazaam truthers were all riffing off one another, giving each other subtle suggestions to form a false narrative that exists in their minds.
—Brian Resnick, Vox, 23 July 2018
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But on the internet, where anxiety is profitable and dramatic claims are shareable ones, a fireworks-truther community has taken shape within a matter of days.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 24 June 2020
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The seemingly innocuous exchange has become a touchstone for UFO-sighting enthusiasts and alien truthers, and now, seemingly fake news.
—Alex Horton, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
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Halbig’s investigation, with its veil of earnest inquiry and Infowars’ endorsement, had reinvigorated the Sandy Hook truther movement.
—Amanda J. Crawford, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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That, luckily, didn’t happen (Niburu-truthers now have now recscheduled the crash for October 2017), but in recent years scientists have discovered real evidence of a hidden planet.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Mar. 2017
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That, luckily, didn’t happen (Niburu-truthers now have now recscheduled the crash for October 2017), but in recent years scientists have discovered real evidence of a hidden planet.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Mar. 2017
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