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Recent Examples of factoid
Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
As a factoid, that is perhaps unsurprising considering Welsh’s popularity in the Scottish capital, which is also his hometown.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
As a factoid, that is perhaps unsurprising considering Welsh’s popularity in the Scottish capital, which is also his hometown.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for factoid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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This misconception is part of the reason these women held on to their relaxers for so long.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
29 May 2026
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Clark dispelled common misconceptions about the energy requirements of tech giants.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Another myth concerns interest rates.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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The result is a quieter map of Europe — one shaped by myth, food, architecture and history that most tourists never reach.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Noun
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This superstition is going to fail for someone.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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While other rulers of the era relied on religious omens or superstition to guide their kingdoms, Aristotle taught the young prince that the universe could be understood through human reason and keen observation.—
Steve Muscato,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Alfred North Whitehead called this the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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But some surgeons call this a fallacy.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Santos, whose political rise and fall was characterized by a notorious trail of lies and falsehoods, claimed my story was riddled with errors.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
4 June 2026
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The other Philadelphia runs scored on a throwing error by San Diego reliever Yuki Matsui on a pickoff attempt and a fielder's choice by Brandon Marsh.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Clearly, the promotional popcorn stunts were effective marketing, inspiring fans to flock to comment sections and discussion threads to find out what was fact and what was fiction.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Its presidential reading room features thousands of books chosen by the Obamas, ranging from presidential biographies to best-selling fiction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Noun
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But in the popular imagination, untruths persist that should be corrected.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
3 June 2026
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But there was a third kind of fascistic untruth: the Pointless Lie.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Liaquat Ahamed has spent his career studying the moments when the world’s financial system breaks down — the bad bets, the collective delusions, and the geopolitical accidents that tip economies into catastrophe.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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