1
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation
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as in reality
the quality of being actual
although this account of the scheme seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating
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Noun
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October 23 – November 21 What truth will your creativity reveal now?—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026 -
The collection includes essays from notable writers examining how intimacy and human connection reflect deeper social and political truths.—
Sammy Loren,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fourteen Angelenos have qualified to run for mayor, including incumbent Karen Bass, City Councilmember Nithya Raman and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the harsh reality is that there were several WBC teams overmatched in their respective pools.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Its massive 60mm Eclipse dual drivers give you high-fidelity 24-bit audio, while the flip-to-mute mic offers broadcast-quality voice accuracy.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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But [there are] accuracy issues, decision-making issues.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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In fact, all five of the teams entered Tuesday at least 14 games above.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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That’s despite the fact that his campaign also took in money from AIPAC and UDP donors last year.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And succeeding as a leader in America today takes not only a special person with traits like authenticity and trustworthiness, but also a support system that is increasingly elusive — from the halls of Congress to the football gridiron.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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For a student manager — someone who typically receives no compensation, though some can earn scholarships — to land that kind of recognition speaks to the power of authenticity and timing in the creator economy.—
Ryan Brennan
March 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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This new discipline borrowed features from philology and belles lettres—period specialization and close reading, respectively—but abjured their emphasis on facticity and appreciation in favor of a new goal: interpretation.—
Evan Kindley,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Feb. 2023
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Caruth’s determination to cleave simultaneously to the idea both that the traumatic memory is the only historic fact the individual possesses and that this facticity remains incapable of adequate representation is paradoxical bordering on the perverse.—
Will Self,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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