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as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation
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as in reality
the quality of being actual
although this account of the scheme seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating
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Recent Examples of factuality
Your mileage may vary with senseless AI text as a source of amusement, but there’s something to be said about foregrounding AI’s often absurd flaws and its potential for misuse, rather than dressing it up as some impartial arbiter of factuality.
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026
In the realm of AI factuality, 9 out of 10 isn’t even that bad.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026
In the realm of AI factuality, 9 out of 10 isn’t even that bad.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factuality
Noun
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Her belief in a universal truth was not unique, but her pursuit of it was relentless and oddly self-erasing.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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The time traveler hopes to warn him and save his life, but is confronted with a painful truth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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Residents of Russia’s largest cities have largely been sheltered from the daily realities of Russia’s war with Ukraine, now in its fifth year.—
Zahra Ullah,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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But the reality for most users differs from the expectations that brought them to the site.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Integrated force sensors help improve grip control and accuracy, allowing the hand to carry out delicate tasks with consistent performance.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Jennifer Boren Campos Keeps Businesses Organized and Compliant Jennifer Boren Campos, owner of P2 Services, works in an area where accuracy matters every day.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Jason Pack, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, told Fox News Digital that the fact negotiators remain in communication with the suspect is a significant development.—
Greg Wehner , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Or admission is required for each individual, to cover the fact that some have more children than others.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
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At Nama, the smaller, poolside Japanese restaurant, every dish is prettily plated but a little short on authenticity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The most telling detail about the vintage Heuer Monaco leading Sotheby’s Important Watches Auction in New York on June 15 speaks to the watch’s indisputable authenticity.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026
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This new discipline borrowed features from philology and belles lettres—period specialization and close reading, respectively—but abjured their emphasis on facticity and appreciation in favor of a new goal: interpretation.—
Evan Kindley,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Feb. 2023
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Caruth’s determination to cleave simultaneously to the idea both that the traumatic memory is the only historic fact the individual possesses and that this facticity remains incapable of adequate representation is paradoxical bordering on the perverse.—
Will Self,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
Cite this Entry
“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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