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Recent Examples of factoid
Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
As a factoid, that is perhaps unsurprising considering Welsh’s popularity in the Scottish capital, which is also his hometown.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
As a factoid, that is perhaps unsurprising considering Welsh’s popularity in the Scottish capital, which is also his hometown.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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Her daughter, Pallas, who co-manages Birchbark, says that the books lining the store’s shelves debunk the misconceptions that Native literature is stuck in the past or focused solely on hardship.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hezel and Marcello are aware that there are misconceptions, one of the biggest being that the Marlins strictly adhere to the numbers.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On her 18th studio album, In Time of Dragons, Amos draws on the long tradition of reptilian imagery to symbolize the elite, from ancient myth to David Icke’s conspiracy theories.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Peloponnese peninsula of Greece is a land packed with myths and legend.—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The number 666 sits between faith and superstition.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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During the green jacket ceremony, McIlroy addressed the superstition head-on.—
Ryan Brennan
April 13,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Since the city adopted the video release policy more than a decade ago, experience has repeatedly demonstrated the fallacy of limiting inquiry to the precise moment when a police officer fires their gun.—
Jamie Kalven,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The fallacy of first is demonstrated by the Netscape, Napster, Sony’s Betamax, GM’s EV1 electric vehicle, Kodak’s first digital camera in 1975, and UPS’ launch of an overnight delivery service in 1929 as potent reminders that being first is not the winning formula; being the best is.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gobeille led off the seventh with an infield single up the middle, and an error on Kiefer’s bunt put both on.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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During day three of the trial, Elon Musk struggled to present a confident front, which led to a number of unforced errors.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Hokum gives you a taste of one tormented scribe’s fiction before introducing you to the man behind the keyboard.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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The director’s 2024 fiction project In Her Place also is streaming on Netflix.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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They’ve been more heavily scrutinized, in large part because of the stream of untruths from Trump and his acolytes.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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We were lied on in our statement and lied on again, and even in the apology, there was untruth.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The first type is replete with hallucinations and delusions—voices, visions, grandiose beliefs, paranoia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Over pinwheeling synths, Mahesh inhabits her narrator’s misplaced longing with gooey, heart-eyed delusion and sweetly pathetic determination.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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