at face value
idiom
1
: for the price that is printed on something
We bought the tickets at face value.
2
: as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted
After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken/accepted at face value.
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Do not believe at face value the answers of generative AI.
Equally, do not believe at face value a chain-of-thought produced by generative AI.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
There’s also some accounts that are helping Swifties secure tickets, generously offered up at face value by other Swifties who can no longer attend the shows.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024
Oasis’ reunion tour is highly anticipated, and in an effort to protect fans from price-gouging scalpers (some tickets listed for $8,300 on resale sites), the band said only tickets bought on the primary market or at face value ticket exchange through Ticketmaster will be honored.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2024
Taking note of the exorbitant pricing on third-party sites, the band is warning buyers that tickets can only be resold at face value through two online sellers: Ticketmaster and Twickets.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
There’s also some accounts that are helping Swifties secure tickets, generously offered up at face value by other Swifties who can no longer attend the shows.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024
Oasis’ reunion tour is highly anticipated, and in an effort to protect fans from price-gouging scalpers (some tickets listed for $8,300 on resale sites), the band said only tickets bought on the primary market or at face value ticket exchange through Ticketmaster will be honored.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2024
Taking note of the exorbitant pricing on third-party sites, the band is warning buyers that tickets can only be resold at face value through two online sellers: Ticketmaster and Twickets.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2024
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“At face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20face%20value. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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