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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
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
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
Adjective
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The novel follows an elderly British couple, Axl and Beatrice, living in a fictional post-Arthurian England in which no one is able to retain long-term memories.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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The actor couldn’t have been further from the halls of a fictional hospital.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
8 May 2026
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But as the novel slips into a more speculative mode, Nora is transported to an asylum in the French countryside of 1946.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Six months ago, people arguing that AI was a bubble were pointing to real-world facts, whereas people arguing against the bubble hypothesis were making speculative promises about the future.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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First, Jones submitted fraudulent expense reimbursement requests for fictitious business expenses.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Investigators say the monthly payroll expenses and the number of employees were fictitious and that the documents used to support the monthly income for the companies were false.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the 21st century, however, historians mistook the code word for a code name and gave the pretexts their unhistorical handle.—
Ken Hughes,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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Well, certainly the most unhistorical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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Eventually, Patterson acknowledged that this hypothetical real man was just a description of himself.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 May 2026
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More than a few of the teams included in that hypothetical opening round are from conferences whose champions have pulled off NCAA Tournament upsets in recent years.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The closest nonhistorical portrayals to Washington’s role among recent winners are probably Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club and Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart.—
Jeremy Harriot,
The Root,
3 Mar. 2018
Adjective
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The film stars renegade country singer Elizabeth Cook as a fictionalized version of herself, portraying an artist navigating midlife while contending with an industry that has never fully embraced her.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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After Caveman, the couple also appeared in Give My Regards to Broad Street, a musical drama depicting a fictionalized day in the life of McCartney.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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With all of the film’s complicated theoretical physics and flowery musings about the power of love and time, going melodramatic could push the film into eyeroll territory.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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The emergence of synthetic performers such as Tilly Norwood reflects how quickly those questions have moved from theoretical to practical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Nonfactual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfactual. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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