at face value
idiom
1
: for the price that is printed on something
We bought the tickets at face value.
2
: as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted
After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken/accepted at face value.
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Taken at face value, the move does increase the size of the Fed's balance sheet.
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Kelly Evans, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Too heightened to take at face value and too rote to add a lastingly visceral element to this most famous of myths, the scares grow tedious faster than a bad church sermon.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025
Town & Country takes its characters and their struggles at face value and, despite some gentle needling, celebrates their genuine camaraderie and familial commitment.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Many users may take these summaries at face value, rather than investigating the sourcing and accuracy further.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Evans, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Too heightened to take at face value and too rote to add a lastingly visceral element to this most famous of myths, the scares grow tedious faster than a bad church sermon.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025
Town & Country takes its characters and their struggles at face value and, despite some gentle needling, celebrates their genuine camaraderie and familial commitment.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Many users may take these summaries at face value, rather than investigating the sourcing and accuracy further.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at face value
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“At face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20face%20value. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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