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Recent Examples of factoid
This isn't your average stroll through lightsaber lore or warp-speed factoids.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 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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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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What are misconceptions about moving to Canada?—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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There’s a misconception that taller grass overwinters best because the extra leaf material provides insulation for the plant crown.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Arizona is home to numerous local legends, myths, and supernatural tales.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The series explores Bollywood myths and realities in a very insider way.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Trojans may have shattered that superstition, improving to 7-5 all-time against the blue-blood Wolverines.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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Swift also admitted on a recent SiriusXM Hits 1 interview that her mom, Andrea, thinks (or, honestly, prefers to believe) the song is just about superstitions and making your own luck.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But these far-right personalities were pushing an absurd logical fallacy.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Oct. 2025
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The river is the first to remind us that stoppage is a fallacy, hubris.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For Baltimore, the margin for error is gone.—
Andy Scholes,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Wolverines then made three consecutive hitting errors, essentially putting the set out of reach.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But only once has the mercantile danced with the affluent to such sensuous effect in the realm of fiction.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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This year, the four debut categories that make up the filmmaker new talent longlists include 12 first-time fiction feature directors, 13 first-time feature documentary directors, 16 first-time writers, and 16 breakthrough producers.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The untruth Comey told in Trump Tower soon came back into the picture when, on March 15, 2017, Comey talked privately to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.—
Byron York,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Antipsychotic medications can reduce hallucinations and delusions, while therapies and rehabilitations can address specific concerns, like teaching cognitive techniques or enhancing social skills to interact with others.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impair daily functioning and can be disabling.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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