factoid
IPA: fˈæktɔɪd
noun
- An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.
- (originally Canada, US) An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.
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Examples of "factoid" in Sentences
- Either the factoid is in or not.
- Provide a source for this factoid.
- See the calculations for the factoid above.
- An interesting historical factoid if you will.
- As such it appears as a useless factoid to me.
- They seem to be a patchwork of unrelated factoids.
- As the article stands, there is a problem with that factoid.
- Either remove the factoid, or keep the consequential factoid.
- Neat factoid, but an encyclopedia is not a factoid collection.
- I consolidated the redundancies and stripped out the arcane factoids.
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