Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoids
Noun
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Ben Stiller's superstitions kicked in after the New York Knicks lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs on June 8.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026 -
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
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
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One of the biggest misconceptions, Gabay points out, is that success requires a massive social media following.—
ByBryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Sensing this to be the case, Texas Tech's athletic department released a 21-minute video statement on Thursday evening to try and put out the flames from the Sorsby fallout, hoping to clear up any misconceptions from the ongoing case.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
12 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 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
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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 20 Jun. 2026.
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