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as in historical
restricted to or based on fact
a factual biography of George Washington that scoffs at the story about the cherry tree
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as in actual
existing in fact and not merely as a possibility
a serious scientist, she is only interested in factual phenomena and lets others speculate about the hypothetical
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Recent Examples of factual
Fueled by factual evidence that sustainability is not just a tool for survival but a growth enabler, the European fashion industry seems to have rejected counternarratives and oftentimes anticipated regulatory frameworks.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
While highly educational and factual, leaning into the creativity of writing and publishing is where Kimbril wants to remain.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Rather, her photos, documents and collages point to the extreme paucity of surviving evidence and the utter impossibility of a cohesive, factual narrative.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
There is not a lot of emphasis on factual claims, press releases, forceful statements.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
While highly educational and factual, leaning into the creativity of writing and publishing is where Kimbril wants to remain.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Rather, her photos, documents and collages point to the extreme paucity of surviving evidence and the utter impossibility of a cohesive, factual narrative.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
There is not a lot of emphasis on factual claims, press releases, forceful statements.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for factual
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factual
Adjective
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Personal remembrance becomes interwoven with political fiction, historical fact, and mythological distortion in the flood of stories that customarily follows a war.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Confederate statues should be placed in museums as historical artifacts, not remain in parks or other locations that imply honor.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This movie oozes style — and actual undead sludge, occasionally — along with Cody’s signature sense of humor.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Spoken shade amongst the group is as plentiful as actual shade is absent in LA’s concrete desert, and the trio tosses it around with the casual dominance of Shohei Ohtani.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Hesse shot over 200 hours of documentary footage in the early 1960s, creating an archive of negatives that capture the first few chapters of a nation’s history.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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The result is a gritty crime opera with something of a documentary-esque sensibility.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But still, 10 days with no real food suuuuuuuuuuuucks.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Inspired by real life, much of her work serves as testimony.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The sequence also has literal Easter eggs during its climactic postcard showing the explosion at Ironworks, which took place during an Easter egg hunt in 1908.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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Price is deliciously diabolical in the film, which is full of literal and metaphorical trap doors and secret passageways.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the true freshman looked poised and undaunted, able to pick up a trio of fourth-down conversions with his arm and more positive yards with his legs.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Recently, this sacrament has garnered nonfictional attention.—
Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Factual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factual. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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