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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The director refused to commit to any one truth or mood, allowing for—and encouraging—myriad understandings.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025 -
The result is a powerful work of observation in which deep truths seem to arise almost by accident.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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This new reality has transformed the writing life into a juggling act of creative and entrepreneurial responsibilities.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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The harsh reality is that a narcissistic boss can cost you promotions, reputational capital, and even your mental health.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Madhavan plays Radhe Mohan Sharma, whose simple quest for accounting accuracy pits him against influential banker Micky Mehta (Mukesh) in an escalating battle for justice.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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The government has pressured universities, banks and other institutions in mainland China and Hong Kong to make sure that their economists do not question the accuracy of government statistics.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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In fact, of more than 83,000 flu samples tested within the past year, just three cases were detected.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Historically, driving has come with very few costs for the driver — in fact, most of it, from road infrastructure to free parking, is actively subsidized by the government.—
Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2025.
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