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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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
In the realm of AI factuality, 9 out of 10 isn’t even that bad.
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ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factuality
Noun
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Oddly, this experience clarified a knotted series of truths the exhibition does not articulate.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Maria Bamford Questionnaire is a series of 25 questions designed by the beloved comedian to unearth surprising truths about its respondents.—
Maria Bamford,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Facing that reality and the coming cuts, San Diego and other jurisdictions officially closed off their voucher programs to new applicants not long ago.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Roseman could draft for the next few years and might not find a tight end with that athletic profile or an offensive tackle with that size, and those are realities that the general manager values when making the evaluation.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Quijano's team was able to track the orbits of the 15 binary systems to millisecond accuracy.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a separate homeowner lawsuit in Oklahoma state court, State Farm's lawyers said the company launched an initiative in 2020 to improve the accuracy of its claims-handling practices, including correcting overpayment and underpayment of claims for wind and hail damage.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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The simple concept of three women sharing a unified bill on the road, in fact, was something they were deprived of for most of their careers within the indie-rock scene.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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In fact, so many diners made that selection that the entire room carried the aroma of fish at one point.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a recent Equity survey, 71 % of actors from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds still reported that hair and makeup departments were unable to meet their needs, something that undermining wellbeing, authenticity and production values.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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And the brand Signor Sassi, the concept is pure authenticity, not boring but authentic.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 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 30 Apr. 2026.
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