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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
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
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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Buyer personas: Buyer personas involve detailed fictional representations of ideal customer profiles to fine-tune messaging for your high-value clients’ specific needs, behaviors and motivations.Jonathan Schwartz, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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At the beginning of Gladiator II, he is forced to return to Rome after an army led by the fictional general Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) invades Numidia, kills Lucius’ wife and son, and sells him into slavery as a gladiator.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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Temporary help service firms and consulting firms are not required to disclose pay and benefits for speculative future openings but must provide this information for specific job openings during interviews or at the time of hire.Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Successful gold mining today bears little resemblance to the storied era of America’s first gold boom: rough-and-tumble 19th-century boomtowns cropping up overnight to accommodate speculative prospectors, chasing gold veins and rumors.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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Everyone read a fictitious story about a school that was running out of water because its local aquifer was drying up.Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
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To Kaplan, the onscreen romantic chemistry between the two fictitious lead characters, rival booksellers Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly, drew her attention.David Chiu, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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In a hypothetical redo of the 2020 presidential election with the new electoral voting map, Biden would have still won, but his margin would have been smaller.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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From these observations, researchers calculated the position of a hypothetical planet, then pointed their best telescopes there.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dahmer, similarly, was accused of exploiting the murders in a fictionalized way that some believed even glorified him as a killer in some ways.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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My second pitch is a little more left-of-center and would involve Maher again playing a version of herself, albeit in a more fictionalized, rom-com narrative.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
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Eventually, a theoretical picture emerged for the supersolid.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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These partnerships are crucial for pushing quantum computing beyond its theoretical potential and into practical, scalable business solutions.Yuval Boger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Whether or not that potentially apocryphal story holds up to scrutiny given the 300 SEL 6.3’s official top speed of 137 miles per hour, McQueen then immediately turned around and bought the car that crossed the auction block this past August.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The story is most likely apocryphal but so delightful that it has been repeated for decades.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Nonfactual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfactual. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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