fact from fiction
idiom
: truth from falsehood
It can sometimes be hard to separate fact from fiction in this controversy.
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Law enforcement faces the challenge of sorting fact from fiction in real time as swatters employ tools like AI to bolster their hoax in a hypersensitive climate surrounding mass shootings.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Conventions and institutions that enable people to distinguish fact from fiction, the honest from the dishonest, follow.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
There’s no one who knows the Epstein story better than Brown, who will be answering reader questions to help separate fact from fiction in a story that has captured the public’s attention like no other.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Participants can learn how our brains distinguish fact from fiction, how our brains make decisions and the subtle tactics that advertisers, marketers and con men can use, according to a press release about the event.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Conventions and institutions that enable people to distinguish fact from fiction, the honest from the dishonest, follow.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
There’s no one who knows the Epstein story better than Brown, who will be answering reader questions to help separate fact from fiction in a story that has captured the public’s attention like no other.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Participants can learn how our brains distinguish fact from fiction, how our brains make decisions and the subtle tactics that advertisers, marketers and con men can use, according to a press release about the event.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
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“Fact from fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact%20from%20fiction. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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