facts

plural of fact
as in information
a collection of factual knowledge about something after reading the facts on the situation, the president concluded that an outbreak of hostilities was all but certain

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Recent Examples of facts The Sacramento Bee’s reporting team checked the facts behind some of the biggest issues in local races ahead of the 2026 midterms. — Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Name one person who can review the facts and set a response deadline, and keep the service team responsible for the handoff. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Two facts became obvious when the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) sponsored a gathering Wednesday in downtown Aurora to discuss a topic that affects all of us. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 Those facts do not mean that criminal penalties alone caused Colorado’s worsening trend. — Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 From bizarre medical tests to a mass phobia of beans, here are 14 surprising facts that reveal just how inventive, eccentric, and fascinating the ancient Greeks really were. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 So immigration stories get softened over time, with trauma turning into adventure and hard facts blurred into entertaining myths. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Data breaches hand attackers the right facts, and generative AI can now supply a matching face and voice. — Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Don’t just show one side without the facts from the other side. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facts
information
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  • On the other, Anthropic has argued that its AI model, Claude, has shown signs of introspection, internal states that mirror joy or satisfaction, and processing information similar to the human mind.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • State officials had provided a version of the rolls that withheld such sensitive personal information, citing privacy concerns.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Facts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facts. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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