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Recent Examples of factoid
In honor of four decades, here are 10 fun factoids about Back to the Future.
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 3 July 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
Loaded with factoids concerning Breathless’ pre-production and chaotic 20-day shoot, with cameos by a who’s-who of New Wave members, Nouvelle Vague seems destined for viewers who immediately know what its title means.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
The actor wasn’t aware of that fact before taking on the role, but he’s not entirely taken aback by the factoid.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 30 Apr. 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 3 July 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
Loaded with factoids concerning Breathless’ pre-production and chaotic 20-day shoot, with cameos by a who’s-who of New Wave members, Nouvelle Vague seems destined for viewers who immediately know what its title means.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
The actor wasn’t aware of that fact before taking on the role, but he’s not entirely taken aback by the factoid.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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Although the tide is turning (subscription required), there’s still a misconception that the trades are low-paying, dead-end jobs.—
Andrew Schaap,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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What’s more in overturning Thompson’s theory, the team also debunked another widespread misconception.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Getting Started With Beginning Meditation Steps Plenty of obstacles and myths abound that can keep you from taking the first step to meditate.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Inadequate medical advice can lead to injury, burnout or premature retirement from sports, and the persistent myth that pregnancy is an athletic liability can discourage sponsorships and media coverage.—
Starre Vartan,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s still treated as superstition and ritual — not quite an outside take, but not an inside one either.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Sep. 2025
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This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Economists call it the sunk cost fallacy.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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For example, a common fallacy is the belief that things were better in some imagined past.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Due to an editing error, a prior version of this report misstated what match Djokovic is playing Friday.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Sabalenka ended the match with 43 winners compared to 27 errors; Pegula was 21 for 15.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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There are no sections that go entirely unloved by our staff, but some favorites include literary fiction, cookbooks, sci fi and fantasy and all things kids' books.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Such subtlety may not necessarily be what readers—perhaps American readers, in particular—expect from political fiction, which can have a reputation for being didactic and heavy-handed, designed to beat readers over the head, as if anything political were made in the mode of Soviet realism.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 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
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An overly tired new mother shared how postpartum delusion left her confusing her newborn with her pet in a viral video.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, engaging in serious talk about a delusion and intensifying the delusion ought to be a no-go for the AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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