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Recent Examples of counterfactual
From those counterfactual questions, the adult Roth spun a tour de force of memory and history.
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New York Times, 8 July 2024
This willingness or compulsion to present claims that are utterly counterfactual has set Trump apart from conventional candidates.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
While Uber has disputed my findings on driver pay cuts and increasing profit margins, the company has declined to disclose relevant counterfactual data.
—Len Sherman, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Although her settings seem realistic enough, materially and socially, her dramas are almost like fairy tales, or seemingly counterfactual philosophical abstractions.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
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New York Times, 8 July 2024
This willingness or compulsion to present claims that are utterly counterfactual has set Trump apart from conventional candidates.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
While Uber has disputed my findings on driver pay cuts and increasing profit margins, the company has declined to disclose relevant counterfactual data.
—Len Sherman, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Although her settings seem realistic enough, materially and socially, her dramas are almost like fairy tales, or seemingly counterfactual philosophical abstractions.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfactual
Adjective
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Smartmatic was frequently mentioned when Trump’s lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell appeared as guests on Fox News and Fox Business Network programs in late 2020 and spread Trump’s erroneous charges that voting machines were rigged to throw the election to Joe Biden.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hampered by this erroneous guidance, health authorities and the American public began to believe that women were physically incapable of producing enough breastmilk.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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But a representative for Henry Taylor, the artist who collaborated with Pharrell Williams on Lisa's look, told Vulture that the speculation is wholly untrue.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 May 2025
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It has been ingrained in wine drinkers that Riesling is the best pairing for foods with a kick, which is not untrue.—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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During the trial, prosecutors showed videos of the multiple interviews Troconis had with law enforcement and accused her of being untruthful about Farber Dulos’ disappearance.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on June 1 was terribly misguided, and his justification for doing so was misleading and untruthful.—
Robert N. Stavins,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2017
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But in the case of Sudan’s current civil war, any hope that negotiations, if they can be started, will result in lasting peace is illusory.—
Mai Hassan,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Apr. 2025
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The feeling of openness might be illusory at the very biggest events in tennis, but at least the chasing pack are no longer going into majors resigned to their fate.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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It’s been a full decade since Poot Lovato had her last taste of freedom — and according to Demi Lovato, the hilarious, fictitious alter ego is staying locked up for many decades more.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025
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Officers of the court have a duty of candor to the court and an obligation not to file fictitious lawsuits that have no basis in fact or law.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2025
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Estimating the size of a gathering is an inexact science.—
Susanna Timmons,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Max accounts for the vast majority of that total, but the comparisons with peers are inexact since linear TV subscribers are also included in the tally.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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Trump claimed the inaccurate poll violated consumer fraud protections; the Register is currently fighting the lawsuit in court.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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The impact could be inaccurate diagnoses, which could cost lives and break down trust in the healthcare system.—
Christian Espinosa,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, the Trump Administration, in its tariff policy, has embraced a framework that is basically fallacious and certain to lead to destructive policy that benefits nobody, including Americans.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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However, not all slippery slope arguments are fallacious.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Counterfactual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterfactual. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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