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bona fide

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bona fide
if someone or something is bona fide, they are what they seem to be and they are not trying to deceive you. The new immigration policy is so severe it risks rejecting bona fide political refugees.

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As the President finished reading the paper (which I beg leave to assure my readers is a bona fide copy of one written by bona fide girls once upon a time), a round of applause followed, and then Mr.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
It was even better than removing from East Broadway into bona fide, real, unequaled, league-long, eighty feet wide, Broadway!
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The reward which has been offered is a large one, and it is not for me to question the bona fide nature of it.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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