Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoids
Noun
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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 -
Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
3 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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During an interview with Drew Steele on the digital news outlet Florida’s Voice, Renner trotted out tired old myths about the reliability of solar energy that haven’t been true in more than a decade.—
David Jenkins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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The Kardashians, captains of industry in a post-industrial age, defy the old myths.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
Noun
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However, one of the most common misconceptions surrounding hypersonic weapons is that any missile traveling faster than Mach 5 qualifies as one.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 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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In the ensuing months, as Roberts' falsehoods emerged, the Des Moines School Board has sued JG Consulting the search firm that helped the school district find and vet Roberts, accusing it of negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract.—
Kyle Werner,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Ace Reputation’s models are trained not just to recognize explicit falsehoods, but to identify subtler distortions - context shifts, narrative framing, and the early signals of viral propagation, Gaurav claims.—
Wyles Daniel
May 19,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
Noun
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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
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The curiosity, sensitivity, and imagination of children will always demand new and ambitious fictions.—
Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pay attention to what feels heavy or emotionally one-sided right now, because this transit isn’t here to keep up with illusions.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
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There is that moment where the illusions crumble, where the masks fall away and what follows is disappointment.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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“Factoids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoids. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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