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Recent Examples of nonfactual
The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues.
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
Johnson habitually spouts a bold opinion or nonfactual declaration into the universe, only to have the universe voice its displeasure.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
And many of my mainstream-media colleagues can accept the majority of accountability for this tragic development through biased, nonfactual and incomplete reporting that has pretty much degenerated into talking heads venting their specific agendas.
—Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020
The cold calculated coercion of the executive order came after Twitter made the editorial decision to add factual information to balance the nonfactual statements of the President.
—Tom Wheeler, Time, 29 May 2020
But Trump rarely waits on facts before oozing out an unqualified, nonfactual take about a potential terror incident that has been allegedly carried out by a Muslim extremist.
—Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2017
Dear Amy: My half-sister has been posting inflammatory and nonfactual information on Facebook about her adoptive family.
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2017
Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
Johnson habitually spouts a bold opinion or nonfactual declaration into the universe, only to have the universe voice its displeasure.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
And many of my mainstream-media colleagues can accept the majority of accountability for this tragic development through biased, nonfactual and incomplete reporting that has pretty much degenerated into talking heads venting their specific agendas.
—Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020
The cold calculated coercion of the executive order came after Twitter made the editorial decision to add factual information to balance the nonfactual statements of the President.
—Tom Wheeler, Time, 29 May 2020
But Trump rarely waits on facts before oozing out an unqualified, nonfactual take about a potential terror incident that has been allegedly carried out by a Muslim extremist.
—Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2017
Dear Amy: My half-sister has been posting inflammatory and nonfactual information on Facebook about her adoptive family.
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfactual
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The film takes place in 2020 — yes, that 2020 — in the most visceral way, with the anti-mask local sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) of the fictional Eddington, New Mexico, facing off against the town’s COVID-guideline-advocate mayor, played by Pedro Pascal (the second of his three summer releases).—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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Standing in for the Duke of Hastings’ fictional Clyvedon Castle in season one, this real-life Baroque masterpiece is located in North Yorkshire, England, and has been in the Howard family for more than three centuries.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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Luxury facilities, non-teaching research ventures, speculative real estate holdings—those could justifiably be subject to tax.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The lawsuit’s claim that retaliation from the Trump administration could be imminent for schools that do not comply with the administration’s demands is not entirely speculative.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views that collective national trauma through the microcosm of a fictitious New Mexico small town.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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The trials and tribulations of the fictitious protagonist, however, have precedents.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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Saying that ending our 43-year involvement [with] the EU is somehow going to fundamentally change this deep relationship between our two countries is completely unhistorical.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
10 July 2016
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Well, certainly the most unhistorical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2022
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One question on a sample exam Chisholm provided asks students to write a formula for determining the total number of cases during a hypothetical epidemic after a certain amount of days.—
Melissa Goldin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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For example, had Miami won, the hypothetical venue of Houston is indeed further from Miami than a day’s drive.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Based on the second-longest investigation in Swedish history, this is a fictionalized account of the 2004 double murder of a small boy and a 50-year-old woman in the small town of Linkoping.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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This is intertwined with fictionalized scenes of Du Bois’s final years working on the project in the newly independent African nation.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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With a degree in theoretical mathematics and geophysical fluid dynamics, Kapnick saw herself as uniquely positioned to take on that challenge.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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This recent study, which does just that, studied two theoretical Population III stars: one 13 times as massive as the sun, and one 200 times as massive.—
Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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And there were apocryphal stories of women living in dread of their menfolk coming back if their team had lost.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Inspired by the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas, The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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“Nonfactual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfactual. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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