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Recent Examples of factoid
People love to throw this factoid around.
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Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
That includes some factoids on the casting process for leads Stefan and Damon.
—EW.com, 27 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
Another interesting factoid: Mel Brooks is one of only 21 entertainers to win the EGOT.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
That includes some factoids on the casting process for leads Stefan and Damon.
—EW.com, 27 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
Another interesting factoid: Mel Brooks is one of only 21 entertainers to win the EGOT.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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Kitchen There's a common misconception that Magic Erasers make good stainless steel appliance cleaners.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
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There are still so many misconceptions about these medications among the general public.—
SELF Staff,
SELF,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Because of this rare condition, superstitions and myths have permeated certain African countries, both positive and negative.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2026
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Ignore the one-page resume ‘myth’ DeMase recommends certain nuts-and-bolts resume formatting guidelines to further help make it through applicant tracking system firewalls.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Many cultures have traditions and superstitions about how what happens on New Year’s Eve impacts the year ahead.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
1 Jan. 2026
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Here are some of the most popular superstitions to embrace for good luck or avoid for bad luck.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Understanding symbolic interpretation as merely code-breaking is a popular fallacy, but the correspondences that underlay symbology are never one-to-one, but rather a complex, interlocking system of connotations and often contradictions across time periods and cultures.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Dec. 2025
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The authors’ prescription for how the United States can compete with China—that Washington should think in the same ways Beijing has—rests on a dangerous fallacy.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The federal government primarily finances supplemental food benefits, but the state’s share is determined, in part, by its management, as indicated by its rate of error when determining people’s eligibility.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The research depended on computer simulations, which meant that tiny adjustments to the initial state of the digital fluid (or any digital rounding errors) wouldn’t affect the fluid’s fate.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But in fiction, there’s a crew to think about and actors.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2026
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During her time at Old Dominion, Good took advanced courses on creative writing and the craft of fiction, according to one of her professors, Kent Wascom.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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His newest book makes such fact-finding a key theme, demonstrating the instability of a political system grounded in untruth—and investigating how populist leaders can wield that for their own ends.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke said paralytic dementia symptoms can include delusions along with memory and language problems.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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But in this version, set in a contemporary world resembling our own, where politics is a spectacle, the main character’s delusions revolve around television.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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