Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoids
Noun
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The Astros won, which will test one of Espada’s season-long superstitions.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025 -
This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While most technology leaders have done their fair share to dispel these myths in favor of AI’s transformative potential, concerns of misinformation, security vulnerabilities and unpredictability still hum beneath the unstoppable swell of AI innovation.—
Monish Darda,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Without clear evidence, myths persist — and athletes hesitate.—
Starre Vartan,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Connell said there are often misconceptions about who uses Medicaid.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Sep. 2025
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Contrary to common misconceptions, such documents typically do not grant the agent a right to surveil the person who appointed them.—
Nina A. Kohn,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The rippling fallout of war on families has long been fertile ground for cinema — trauma is calcified while secrets from the past become myths, either perpetuated long enough to solidify into fact or exposed as falsehoods that cause entire identities to be questioned.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Doctors say medical misinformation has gotten worse A new survey of doctors shows medical falsehoods have grown not only online, but also within the medical exam rooms where doctors and patients interact.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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It is rooted in the dehumanizing language and convenient fictions that precede acts of violence.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Not even Trump can have any illusions now.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Eclipses bring truth to the surface, so don’t cling to illusions.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Other discipline errors snowballed after that.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Alcaraz finished with 30 unforced errors, the same total as his opponent.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Often, mental health experts see a change in delusions when new technologies are developed.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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For an in-depth look at AI psychosis and especially the co-creation of delusions via human-AI collaboration, see my recent analysis at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Factoids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoids. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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