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Recent Examples of factoid
An astounding factoid: our 2006 World’s Billionaires List had 115 Asians worth $364 billion, a number that’s since soared to 1,046 billionaires with a collective net worth of $4.2 trillion.
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Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Those Falcons learned that fact from Ryan Neuzil, then a rookie undrafted free agent offensive lineman out of Appalachian State, whom then-head coach Arthur Smith had tasked with giving the team one factoid every day throughout the season.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 19 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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Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Those Falcons learned that fact from Ryan Neuzil, then a rookie undrafted free agent offensive lineman out of Appalachian State, whom then-head coach Arthur Smith had tasked with giving the team one factoid every day throughout the season.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 19 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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What’s crazy is that the whole thing was a misconception.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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That misconception must be eradicated from our society.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The real loss, at the altar of a warped vision of masculinity, is courage and skill, sacrificed so that a few good men can go on measuring themselves against their own hollow myth of toughness.—
Arman Khan,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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And, in the process, the trio of ’70s babies punctured the myth that rap is a young man’s sport.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The star-crossed tend to double down on superstition.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Produced by Irusoin, Ikusgarri Films and Vilaüt Films, the film plunges into nocturnal folklore and 17th-century superstition as Kattalin, played by Yune Nogueiras, ventures into a forest bristling with mythical beings.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The river is the first to remind us that stoppage is a fallacy, hubris.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vehicles included in this recall may have an error in the instrument panel software at startup, failing to show speed, brake system information, and tire pressure warning lights.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Yes, plenty of errors were made — six of them by shortstop Trevor Story in September alone — but errors are different from gaffes.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Successful or not, the fact that alternatives exist at all suggests virtual particles might be useful fiction rather than physical truth.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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As fiction and technology intersect, the project opens new terrain for narrative experimentation and audience engagement.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those that prioritize speed over accuracy might spit out plenty of seemingly unrealistic untruths.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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No more division, distraction, or gender delusions.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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She is caught up in a delusion, convinced that her imaginary accomplice Libardo is accusing her of betrayal.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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