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Recent Examples of factoid
Interesting factoid #1: The first Social Security payment went to motorman Ernest Ackerman from Cleveland, who retired one day after FDR signed the bill.
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Still, all of these factoids feel inadequate in capturing the deeper benefit of sustained meditation practice.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
McDermott skeptics recite factoids that suggest if a coach and a talented QB can’t get the job done within a few years, then that coach will never succeed and should be replaced.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
However easy that is to explain away, that factoid remains kind of interesting.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Still, all of these factoids feel inadequate in capturing the deeper benefit of sustained meditation practice.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
McDermott skeptics recite factoids that suggest if a coach and a talented QB can’t get the job done within a few years, then that coach will never succeed and should be replaced.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
However easy that is to explain away, that factoid remains kind of interesting.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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There may be a misconception that country music is easy to replicate.—
Lori Majewski,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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Estate Planning Isn’t Just For The Wealthy A major misconception is that estate planning is only for the wealthy.—
Cody Barbo,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Entities magically endowed with life by the gods are not a rarity in Greek myth.—
Sofia Giannuzzi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, the Health and Human Service Department, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has stoked uncertainty and confusion among Americans whose suspicions grew during the pandemic about vaccines and what many scientists worry are myths about alternatives.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
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The national folks who’ve hung on Hurley’s every word, delighted in each new superstition revealed, had flocked elsewhere.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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Closing Thoughts As Adam Smith observed, science is the antidote to enthusiasm and superstition — yet it must be wielded responsibly to avoid becoming poison itself.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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The whole debate is so fundamentally backwards and upside down, it's based on a fallacy.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Its villains are cardboard cutouts, its heroes are unappealing and each scene is laced with logical fallacies.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Graham Pauley singled and advanced to third when a fielder’s choice turned into a throwing error on Bohm.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Editor’s Note: Please be mindful that this transcript does not go through our standard editorial process and may contain inaccuracies and grammatical errors.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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The engaging historical fiction balances a serious side and a strong sense of humor with its two different main characters: While Benedict has conservative leanings, Bergoglio is a liberal seeking church reform, and their debate tells a tale of human understanding and fallibility.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Rather than strain to add an arthouse veneer (or the climactic reveal of an animating trauma), Coogler offers a true synthesis between serious-minded fiction and B-movie camp.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The writer’s task is the sculpting of these untruths into a work of art, into a cohesive story that suspends the readers’ belief, gently ushers them into the imaginary and holds them there.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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The invention soon collapses under the burden of its own untruth, wasting time in which the victims of its fiction could have taken more effective action to protect themselves.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.—
Lauren Stienstra,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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