1
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation
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as in reality
the quality of being actual
although this account of the scheme seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating
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Noun
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The narrative in Zero Day blurs the line between victim and perpetrator, forcing viewers to confront the uncomfortable reality that in an age of information warfare, the fabric of society can be weaponized and the pursuit of truth becomes a morally ambiguous challenge.—
Ally Neagen,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025 -
But, in truth, Diederich worked with the club in some capacity before officially joining Bayern in his current role.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the Netflix reality show, hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, a group of singles agree to not just date in pods without ever seeing each other, but to commit to marrying each other before they’re allowed to see what the other person looks like.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
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Freeburg has worked as a camera operator on several reality TV shows, including Dance Moms and Below Deck.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Bless also integrates adaptive verification methods, such as weighted averages for data retrieval and consensus mechanisms for complex tasks, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and seamless execution across a diverse computing network.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Rocket Trucks are highly mobile artillery pieces that can blanket an entire area with fire, though with very low accuracy.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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In fact, the processes of a large language model, or LLM, are slightly opaque to even computer scientists.—
David Galef,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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In fact, most international relations literature on cooperation finds a key role for enforcement mechanisms, assurance, and threats of punishment.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Caruth’s determination to cleave simultaneously to the idea both that the traumatic memory is the only historic fact the individual possesses and that this facticity remains incapable of adequate representation is paradoxical bordering on the perverse.—
Will Self,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
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This new discipline borrowed features from philology and belles lettres—period specialization and close reading, respectively—but abjured their emphasis on facticity and appreciation in favor of a new goal: interpretation.—
Evan Kindley,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Feb. 2023
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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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