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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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In April 2025, Pascale Hutton, who plays Rosemary Coulter, shared a post on Instagram posing with her on-screen husband, Kavan Smith, who portrays Leland Coulter, and their fictional daughter, Marigold.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Again, these are fictional groups from a Netflix movie (albeit, of course, with real singers behind them).—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Even with the recent resurgence in speculative stocks, the Schwab US Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV), is outperforming its growth sibling, the Schwab US Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) +8.35% versus +4.34% year-to-date.—
James Berman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Further blurring fact from fiction is this latest approach of trying to capitalize on a TikTok viral moment by having a fictitious creator recite the words of a real creator.—
Shannon Bond,
NPR,
10 July 2025
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Senegal just ditched its plans for the singer’s multibillion-dollar smart city in the country, reminiscent of Marvel’s fictitious nation in its Black Panther franchise.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 July 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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Meanwhile, civil society groups, ranging from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, argue that those harms are not hypothetical, but are here now.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The challenge here was to think about a hypothetical world unique and singular to the world of the film – neither past, present nor future.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 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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Final Approach The consequences are no longer theoretical.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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For the first time in decades, the question of succession is no longer theoretical.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Twin Cities,
2 July 2025
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An apocryphal story has George Washington breakfasting with Thomas Jefferson and referring to the Senate as a saucer intended to cool the passions of the intemperate lower chamber.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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And there were apocryphal stories of women living in dread of their menfolk coming back if their team had lost.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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“Nonfactual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfactual. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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