1
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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2
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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Noun
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There’s a lot to be made about it, but no one actually knows the real truths with everything.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026 -
July 23 – August 22 Shared truths grow when fertilized with trust and patience.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Call it the Michael Rider effect (as Vogue’s Nicole Phelps did in our staff meeting) but nowhere is the runway-to-reality pipeline as tangible as here.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2026
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For the past several seasons, Probst has hosted a companion podcast, On Fire With Jeff Probst, which ordinarily drops weekly episodes that recap each episode of the CBS reality competition show.—
Staff Author,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Golden State turned the ball over 21 times and shot just 40% and 23% from behind the arc, while the Pelicans had a 43% accuracy rate from the field.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Cars drifted more in the lane when people used touch screens and speed and accuracy of screen use declined when driving.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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In fact, a drug and immigration enforcement operation in Adams County resulted in the arrest of dozens of Tren de Aragua gang members running a makeshift nightclub where weapons, cash, and drugs, including cocaine and Tusi, were seized.—
Gabe Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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But the facts, for USC, are pretty grim at this point.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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In keeping with simple authenticity, Zimone also recommends the meatballs, which are made with Wagyu beef with no tomato sauce.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The pedigree is so valued, the chef at its teppanyaki counter can show you a certificate of authenticity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 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
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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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