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.
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Still, analysts caution against taking the investment numbers at face value.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
The problem, especially for the layperson, is that the AI generated responses sound so good, that they are taken at face value.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Those included hundreds of tickets for a Boise show, which got re-released at face value.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2025
That is a pithy pep talk and can readily be understood at face value.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
The problem, especially for the layperson, is that the AI generated responses sound so good, that they are taken at face value.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Those included hundreds of tickets for a Boise show, which got re-released at face value.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2025
That is a pithy pep talk and can readily be understood at face value.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“At face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20face%20value. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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