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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On Wednesday, with the franchise in a decaying state, Falvey told him the honest truth.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025 -
My heart is filled with thankfulness because of that truth.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In reality, the Detroit rap scene of the 1990s, including the Hip Hop Shop, was tight-knit.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The reality of mined diamonds today is that profitability has dried up, as shown in the $189 million loss posted by De Beers in the six months to June 30.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Some agency officials have voiced concerns about the accuracy of the tool’s legal interpretations.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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So far, measurements have found no difference between the two to an accuracy of 1.5 parts in a billion.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Kamut 10 grams per cup cooked Like farro, kamut is a type of wheat; in fact, the term kamut is the ancient Egyptian word for it.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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In fact, the top three attractions here, according to Tripadvisor, are the Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine (No. 1), Kinkakuji Temple (No. 2), and Kiyomizu-dera Temple (No. 3), proving just how important mindful places are to this destination.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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