Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoids
Noun
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The children also play a vital role in their dad's sporting superstitions on game day.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026 -
However, the fact that the monster is dressed like a pirate suggests that the seagull’s presence is symbolic, invoking sailor superstitions around sea birds.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Understanding vicious cycles and logical fallacies.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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While counting the president’s fallacies has become routine, the ideological subservience of his senior-most cabinet members and advisors this term has given the public reason to second-guess statements and data issued by them or their offices.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Still, in our age of political cynicism, sports and literature may be the last two places in our culture in which the American myths feel truthful.—
Sam Evan Sussman,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
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Other myths, such as how tanning your perineum can boost energy and balance hormones, or how eliminating seed oils from your diet will protect you from the sun, have also fed into Gen Z tanning culture.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Noun
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One of the biggest misconceptions about herbicides is the idea that spraying only affects your own yard.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Bulky Items One of the most common misconceptions is that the Heavy Duty and Bulky Items settings serve the same purpose.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Knowing someone — or of someone — who is gay or lesbian has long tended to dispel falsehoods and quell fears that might exist.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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The internet has turned everyone into a potential publisher, able to instantly spread facts or falsehoods to millions.—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.—
Ivan Kreilkamp,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2026
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The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
21 May 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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Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level.—
John Connelly,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Rustin and Epstein—who recently opened an intimate second space in London for Edel Assanti—were under no illusions.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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This lifelong Black Catholic bears no illusions about the sins of my church.—
Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Factoids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoids. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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