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Recent Examples of nonfactual
The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues.
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
Johnson habitually spouts a bold opinion or nonfactual declaration into the universe, only to have the universe voice its displeasure.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
And many of my mainstream-media colleagues can accept the majority of accountability for this tragic development through biased, nonfactual and incomplete reporting that has pretty much degenerated into talking heads venting their specific agendas.
—Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020
The cold calculated coercion of the executive order came after Twitter made the editorial decision to add factual information to balance the nonfactual statements of the President.
—Tom Wheeler, Time, 29 May 2020
But Trump rarely waits on facts before oozing out an unqualified, nonfactual take about a potential terror incident that has been allegedly carried out by a Muslim extremist.
—Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2017
Dear Amy: My half-sister has been posting inflammatory and nonfactual information on Facebook about her adoptive family.
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2017
Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
Johnson habitually spouts a bold opinion or nonfactual declaration into the universe, only to have the universe voice its displeasure.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
And many of my mainstream-media colleagues can accept the majority of accountability for this tragic development through biased, nonfactual and incomplete reporting that has pretty much degenerated into talking heads venting their specific agendas.
—Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020
The cold calculated coercion of the executive order came after Twitter made the editorial decision to add factual information to balance the nonfactual statements of the President.
—Tom Wheeler, Time, 29 May 2020
But Trump rarely waits on facts before oozing out an unqualified, nonfactual take about a potential terror incident that has been allegedly carried out by a Muslim extremist.
—Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2017
Dear Amy: My half-sister has been posting inflammatory and nonfactual information on Facebook about her adoptive family.
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfactual
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The star and executive producer briefly revived the series in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois, two decades later in March 2018.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Known to millions as Mr. Johnson, the delightfully offbeat and endlessly wise custodian of Philadelphia’s most charming fictional school, Davis has turned what began as a recurring spot into an award-winning, fan-favorite presence.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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First, because our common narrative framework depends on the past, many people still consider warming through a speculative lens, failing to recognize the severity, and urgency, of superstorms and sea-level rise.—
Heather Hansman,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, the speculative bubble, which saw a surfeit of product land on the market, needs to be addressed.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Amid the audience laughter at a lecture, U.S. Navy oceanographer Robert Ballard bit his tongue and told the questioner the jewelry was fictitious.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Searches were carried out in France and Belgium last month to determine if his Belgian tax domicile was fictitious.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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Saying that ending our 43-year involvement [with] the EU is somehow going to fundamentally change this deep relationship between our two countries is completely unhistorical.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
10 July 2016
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Well, certainly the most unhistorical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2022
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These aren’t hypothetical scenarios, but active use cases in pilot programs around the world.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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A lot was still hypothetical, imagined and hopeful about what could be.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2025
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Based on the second-longest investigation in Swedish history, this is a fictionalized account of the 2004 double murder of a small boy and a 50-year-old woman in the small town of Linkoping.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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This is intertwined with fictionalized scenes of Du Bois’s final years working on the project in the newly independent African nation.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, the risk of diversion from Plaintiff's sales is more than theoretical—the government can prove that Plaintiff actually sold LSD to a minor as well as an undercover officer.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, for example, can yet orchestrate a theoretical swing of close to £12million ($16m), a significant sum for those requiring summer rebuilds on finite resources.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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American sportswriter Frank Deford perpetuated the apocryphal story of Leo Seltzer’s invention of roller derby.—
Colleen English,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Nonfactual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfactual. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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