at face value
idiom
1
: for the price that is printed on something
We bought the tickets at face value.
2
: as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted
After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken/accepted at face value.
Examples of at face value in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In an effort to thwart scalpers, the tour is using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange, where fans can only resell tickets at face value.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2024
This simple average would thus have been highly misleading if taken at face value.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Taken at face value, the story of Stellar Blade is fine, if tedious.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
The result is a system that often takes an officer’s word at face value, particularly in the absence of video, said Ekow Yankah, a University of Michigan law professor who teaches criminal law and policing.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
Humanitarian groups have called on the Biden administration to not accept Israel’s assurances at face value.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Underwood’s statement, taken at face value, appears to indicate the KBI’s review will include the decision to search the newspaper.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Trump denies any wrongdoing, saying the statements actually lowballed his fortune, came with disclaimers and weren’t taken at face value by the institutions that lent to or insured him.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Robinson, by not taking the words of Scripture at face value, makes her case for God’s enduring covenant with creation.
—Joan Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2024
This simple average would thus have been highly misleading if taken at face value.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Taken at face value, the story of Stellar Blade is fine, if tedious.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
The result is a system that often takes an officer’s word at face value, particularly in the absence of video, said Ekow Yankah, a University of Michigan law professor who teaches criminal law and policing.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
Humanitarian groups have called on the Biden administration to not accept Israel’s assurances at face value.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Underwood’s statement, taken at face value, appears to indicate the KBI’s review will include the decision to search the newspaper.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Trump denies any wrongdoing, saying the statements actually lowballed his fortune, came with disclaimers and weren’t taken at face value by the institutions that lent to or insured him.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Robinson, by not taking the words of Scripture at face value, makes her case for God’s enduring covenant with creation.
—Joan Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
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