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Recent Examples of factoid
That’s one of many factoids included in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s most recent Urban Mobility Report, which has been released periodically since 1987.
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Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Nov. 2025
Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure.
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Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
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Vivian Tu,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Nov. 2025
Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure.
—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
People love to throw this factoid around.
—
Vivian Tu,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
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The biggest misconception about the trade has been thinking George is washed as a player.
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Byrd shared the story behind her longtime misconception while speaking with Jess Rothschild in a bonus episode of Finding Fire Island.
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Despite numerous myths, a cat's fur color does not impact its personality traits.
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This is myth, and fisheries biologists know that pike do feed during the hot months just as other fish do.
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Memorable matches, sacrifices, personal style, and superstitions were volleyed back and forth in a lively conversation Thursday night with tennis stars Andre Agassi, Caroline Wozniacki, Genie Bouchard, and James Blake, hosted by Ralph Lauren.
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Towns leaned into the handbag superstition after the Knicks’ historic 29-point comeback to win Game 4, and again after the Knicks won the title in San Antonio.
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Alfred North Whitehead called this the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.
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But some surgeons call this a fallacy.
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Third baseman Ryan McMahon also committed a throwing error, New York's 19th in its last 14 games.
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England is hoping karma is on its side after a famous goal-scoring error sealed a World Cup loss to Argentina 40 years ago at Azteca Stadium.
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Weir takes readers on an adventure through this science-fiction survival story about a junior high science teacher who wakes up aboard a spaceship with amnesia.
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Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.
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But in the popular imagination, untruths persist that should be corrected.
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We were lied on in our statement and lied on again, and even in the apology, there was untruth.
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We are encouraged to indulge our delusions about replacement theory and white male superiority and to surrender to our instincts toward incivility and division.
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As Lines’ delusions calcified, so did ChatGPT’s affirmations.
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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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