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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During Atlanta’s first preseason workout, Griner gathered a few younger players and delivered some hard truths.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025 -
This reflects a growing truth: emotional connection is a business asset.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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That was guiding a lot of our decision making — how to land the plane in terms of the emotional realities that were going on in the film.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
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The splendor of his promises for my problems depends on knowing the reality of both his promises and his power.—
H.D. McCarty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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The author makes no representation and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of information contained in this article.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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There’s so much tangible value that AI agents can bring to business leaders and to workers, improving efficiency and accuracy while freeing up humans to focus on what is uniquely human in their work, such as creative thinking, face-to-face engagement with others and ethical decision-making.—
Jim Stratton,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Indeed, the risks from recent military flare-ups appear to have been offset by the fact that India is considered by many to be an attractive investment destination.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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The fact that the LCDE works in arcane mountainous regions of the Philippines where rebel groups also operate had periodically been used as a cudgel by security forces looking for a scapegoat.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
16 May 2025
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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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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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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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