Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoids
Noun
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Knicks fans’ superstitions surrounding the purse may have been exacerbated after the team’s 115-111 loss to the Spurs on Monday.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
9 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
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Autumn Johnson, executive director of Arizona solar advocacy group AriSEIA, said myths about solar energy have flourished in communities across the state, stalling the construction of cheap, deployable electricity when the state needs it most.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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The blue turf is iconic and the stuff of myths.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
3 Dec. 2025
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For global investors trying to read Asia, Couto identifies two persistent misconceptions that are slowly correcting.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 June 2026
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Marty and Alycia Anderson are working to grow the game of wheelchair tennis while challenging misconceptions about athletes with disabilities.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Such undead falsehoods drive our current peril.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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They are peppered with falsehoods, misrepresentations, insults, praise, self-promotion and erratic capitalizations.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 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 United Daughters of the Confederacy, the perpetrators and perpetuators of those myths, had seen to it that the only textbooks allowed in Southern schools would peddle those fictions.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 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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Most of the papers featuring naked women and naked untruths belonged to Rupert Murdoch.—
Andrew O’Hagan,
New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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India will try to pursue a stable relationship with China, without any illusions of deep partnership.—
JAMES CRABTREE,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Dec. 2025
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His fight against the lure of the Upside Down is bolstered by strong performances from its talented cast, mind-bending illusions, and some serious jump scares that will keep you on the edge of your seat.—
EW Staff December 2,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Dec. 2025
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“Factoids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoids. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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