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the factoids
noun
An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.
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On one page, he writes, "The Factoids: Nobody knows whether they in fact exist".
Among the factoids: New Yorkers throw away 146,200 tons of glass per year.
The factoids circulated by opponents of assisted dying take many forms.
I require a twenty-four-hour detox period before the factoids begin to rearrange themselves into a somewhat logical formation.
"The existence of the Factoids explains everything from the Kennedy assassination onward — Vietnam, Watergate, etc. Did Factoids kill JFK?
In adding literary intelligence, Adams did not see fit to dispense with the factoids, solemnity and paranoia of the commercial writers.
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The factoid, though, amusingly illustrates the otherwise banal truism that "the Franks excelled at terror".
One of his most recent papers, written jointly with Radu Soricut of the University of Southern California, is entitled "Beyond the Factoid".
According to the factoid-filled program for the show, if everyone who had seen it stood in line, the queue would reach to Nairobi.
The factoid that 50 percent of our latest baby crop is other than non-Hispanic white is true only relative to the 2000 census scheme.
Everyone knows the factoid that half of all businesses fail within the first four years (this statistic is not necessarily accurate, but people understand the risk involved).
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