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Recent Examples of factoid
Since first hearing the story of the Titanic, Ozzy, as he’s known, has amassed a raft of factoids, a Titanic snow globe from the Titanic Belfast museum and many ship models at his home in Hastings, England.
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Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
But here’s another fascinating factoid: Jackson Hole is far from being a destination that only delivers in the chilly months.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — The punchlines would be easy to come by, and the factoids that illuminate futility on an historic scale are easy to list.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
The ghost also even found a way to connect with Abby via Sam, who relayed some factoids and questions between Trevor and his daughter.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
But here’s another fascinating factoid: Jackson Hole is far from being a destination that only delivers in the chilly months.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — The punchlines would be easy to come by, and the factoids that illuminate futility on an historic scale are easy to list.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
The ghost also even found a way to connect with Abby via Sam, who relayed some factoids and questions between Trevor and his daughter.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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What are some misconceptions people have about being a TV anchor?—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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There is a common misconception that the federal government foots the bill for these things; our taxes pay for something like six percent of the arts funding, Folds said, with the rest coming from donations.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But control is a myth, and safety isn’t the same as progress.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Could these events be a local myth beginning to come to life, or a curse?—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the spirit world, 13 isn’t just a superstition, but a sign of powerful change.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In an incisive observation of the way that an adult’s words can sometimes settle on a child with unusual weight, I-Jing absorbs this folk superstition without question, and begins to shoplift gaudy trinkets from surrounding market stalls, only ever using her evil left hand.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Noun
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This deception game is the same faulty thinking that goes into the hide-my-age-by-leaving-stuff-off-my-resume fallacy.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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And another is the slippery slope of logical fallacy.—
Shaon Lahiri,
The Conversation,
7 July 2025
Noun
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One 2025 study indicated that facial recognition tools had higher error rates for adults with Down syndrome.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The error range for this method is 3% to 4%.4 Bio-electrical Impedance: a measurement method using the speed of a low-level electrical current to determine a person's body composition.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The extended edit period, along with reshoots, meant that things in the real world changed during the work on the film, blurring the lines between fact and fiction.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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This kind of data delusion and fact fiction is, on the one hand, very sad, the mark of a man too fragile, impotent and incompetent to accept reality or withstand criticism.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This week, Stuart Heritage reports from the U.K. on why The Salt Path, the inspirational best-selling memoir by Raynor Winn, now seems to be a hive of untruths.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
19 July 2025
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Social niceties and institutional language are his ways to tell untruths, even to himself, while keeping both the status quo and his organizational status intact.—
Matthew Clark Davison,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
Noun
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And a special shout-out goes to SNL’s Vanessa Bayer as the hilarious medium with impeccable timing and detailed delusion.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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Marroquin, who had been jailed on assault and battery charges, struggled with mental illness and persistent delusions that someone was going to hurt his mother.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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