Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

a true copy; a true likeness of the original

"A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.

The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunyng of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge

The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.

true blusher (Amanita rubescens, as distinguished from the false blusher, Amanita pantherina)

Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.

I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was true, but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup.

Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.

Let Z_t be twice the value of a true die shown on the t-th toss.

In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a true roulette wheel or other game of chance.

We do not reject, because 9 heads and 3 tails is in a set of reasonably likely results when we toss a true coin.

[A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a true romance magazine.

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.

The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true.

The strength and number of blows depends on how far out of true the shafts are.

He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.

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the course of true love never did run smooth

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