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Recent Examples of factoid
McDermott skeptics recite factoids that suggest if a coach and a talented QB can’t get the job done within a few years, then that coach will never succeed and should be replaced.
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
However easy that is to explain away, that factoid remains kind of interesting.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
By collecting their earliest recordings straight through the later years, and tossing in booklets loaded with history-minded factoids, each of the sets lent a shape and narrative to an artist’s musical career.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Fun factoid: Eva Longoria (pre-Desperate Housewives) joined the cast in season two as Det.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
However easy that is to explain away, that factoid remains kind of interesting.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
By collecting their earliest recordings straight through the later years, and tossing in booklets loaded with history-minded factoids, each of the sets lent a shape and narrative to an artist’s musical career.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Fun factoid: Eva Longoria (pre-Desperate Housewives) joined the cast in season two as Det.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
Noun
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One of the biggest misconceptions about book marketing is that there’s a one-size-fits-all approach.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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One of the most common misconceptions among IT personnel responsible for the recovery of systems after a destructive cyberattack like ransomware or a wiper is about what an indicator of compromise (IOC) is and its applicability to secure recovery.—
James Blake,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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First, there is the technology myth, the belief that older employees cannot keep pace with digital advancements.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Because Jordan only gets better and better in memory and myth.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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Despite their Moneyball makeover, torpedo bats remain, for now, a blunt instrument, largely superstition with a patina of data.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Following his coach in his meditation and his superstition, Ball usually plays the sound when the clock in the arena hits 70 minutes before game-time.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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This is a logical fallacy—specifically, a misinterpretation of categorical logic.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Cultural myths and misconceptions about organ donation can deter individuals of any racial or ethnic background from considering donation but these fallacies harm patients.—
Andrew Jones,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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In the last two decades, five helicopters on commercial sightseeing flights have crashed into the Hudson and East rivers due to mechanical failures, pilot errors, or collisions, resulting in 20 fatalities.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the last two decades, five helicopters on commercial sightseeing flights have fallen into the Hudson and East rivers as a result of mechanical failures, pilot errors or collisions, killing 20 people.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The parallels between real life and fiction were haunting.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The writer’s task is the sculpting of these untruths into a work of art, into a cohesive story that suspends the readers’ belief, gently ushers them into the imaginary and holds them there.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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The invention soon collapses under the burden of its own untruth, wasting time in which the victims of its fiction could have taken more effective action to protect themselves.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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This usually includes medication (such as antipsychotics) to help control symptoms like delusions and hallucinations, and psychotherapy to provide support, education, and coping strategies.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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To achieve the latter would be a huge undertaking, and optimism should not give way to delusion.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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