home truth
noun
1
: an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities
2
: a statement of undisputed fact
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To begin with a home truth: Nothing about the 2024 presidential election has been even remotely worthwhile — despite its having been anything but predictable — because nothing about it has felt the slightest bit real.
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Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 2 Aug. 2024
An important person may tell you a few home truths that come as a bit of a surprise, but that doesn’t need to be a bad thing.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
Altman acknowledges job fears Altman also had some home truths about what impact LLMs could have on society.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
The younger man is actually the older man’s uncle, resulting in much merry squabbling as home truths and family issues from long ago are dragged up in the heat of their high-stakes mission.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
When Janis approaches Arturo, played by Israel Elejalde, to help excavate a mass grave, Cruz’s Janis is forced to face a home truth after running a home paternity test.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
Anyway, Wheeler — a word snob who has a gift for stating home truths that nobody else dares utter — soon has the audience in the palm of his 11 ½-sized hand.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
And David, despite his optimism, is not short of home truths.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
Brexit has exposed a lot of home truths about financial services in London and the euro zone.
—Washington Post, 26 May 2019
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Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 2 Aug. 2024
An important person may tell you a few home truths that come as a bit of a surprise, but that doesn’t need to be a bad thing.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
Altman acknowledges job fears Altman also had some home truths about what impact LLMs could have on society.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
The younger man is actually the older man’s uncle, resulting in much merry squabbling as home truths and family issues from long ago are dragged up in the heat of their high-stakes mission.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
When Janis approaches Arturo, played by Israel Elejalde, to help excavate a mass grave, Cruz’s Janis is forced to face a home truth after running a home paternity test.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
Anyway, Wheeler — a word snob who has a gift for stating home truths that nobody else dares utter — soon has the audience in the palm of his 11 ½-sized hand.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
And David, despite his optimism, is not short of home truths.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
Brexit has exposed a lot of home truths about financial services in London and the euro zone.
—Washington Post, 26 May 2019
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“Home truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20truth. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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