How to Use factual in a Sentence

factual

adjective
  • That statement is not factual.
  • Insiders have called the new emphasis on premium drama and big factual pieces a new chapter for the company.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 Mar. 2022
  • But suppose for a moment that Cuomo’s arbitration demand is a work of factual perfection.
    Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The judge will build a factual record, and carefully weigh the arguments put forth by DOJ and rebutted by Google.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Reeg said experts will give people factual information and educate people.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The authors suggest this is because less factual information is available in the immediate aftermath of such an event or in the early days of a pandemic, for example.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But should viewers even think of the series as a factual piece of work?
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Part of the reason the court struggled with the limits of the law was because the factual record of the cases was not very developed.
    Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Google, in a brief for the justices, strongly denied the factual basis for the lawsuit.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
  • For us, just being factual and real and honest from day one is the best.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The panel has laid out the factual groundwork that shows Trump and some of his acolytes set the stage for and encouraged the riotous mob.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2022
  • Some of the challenges will be factual and others will be legal.
    Jeffrey Bellin, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The blog post announcing the new tool shows Bard making a factual error.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But there’s more to the issue than its factual merit, according to Silas House, who talked to Politico about the book in 2020.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • By using the format of a drama to tell a factual story, Diop is able to arrive at an even more poignant version of the truth.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This problem will be fixed at some point, but right now factual statements are not to be trusted from chat AIs.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • End factual statements on a firm down note instead of letting your voice bounce up into a query.
    Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The stereotyping has occurred despite the lack of a factual anchor.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Trump has also made factual mistakes while on the stump during his off-script tangents.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But some tests showed that getting factual information from the chatbot seemed to be hit or miss.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
  • People keep falling for the mental mistake of assuming that just because some of the essays are factual, all the rest have to be.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Sometimes the entry would be terse and factual, offering no more than a place of origin and an estimate of the number of dead.
    Jonathan Freedland, Time, 29 Dec. 2022
  • At least Elordi’s childhood knowledge of The King (no burgers) was factual.
    Vulture, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For all their bluster, critics of Life didn’t cite factual errors.
    Tom Stanton, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
  • For example, one factual issue is: Did Trump know his claims about the election being stolen were false?
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • How to burst those bubbles or bring people factual news may be a difficult task.
    Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • There was an eyewitness who claimed something that was just not factual.
    CBS News, 5 June 2022
  • That’s why, when artists tell their life stories, the plethora of factual details is secondary to the emotions, the ideas, the insights, and the sublime style that distinguish their art.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 July 2024
  • When there are factual disputes, the non-moving party wins.
    oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2022
  • But the judge also gave credence to a factual basis for a self-defense argument.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024

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