as in historical
restricted to or based on fact
a nonfictional account of a disastrous ascent of Mount Everest
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While that was up 16.2% from a year earlier, the inventory remained well below the annual historical average of about 1.98 million, according to data going back to 1999.—
ALEX VEIGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
25 Jan. 2025 -
Folsom Lake is at 37 percent capacity, which is 84 percent of its historical average.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Yi had communicated with the baby’s mother the day before and on the same day that the infant ingested a deadly amount of the drug, according to a factual proffer in the case, the facts agreed on by the defense and prosecutors.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
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The New York Times defended its reporting, stating it was based on thousands of original documents and adhered to journalistic standards, with no factual errors identified by Baldoni or his team.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Guardian Australia reported that his role had been significantly reduced in scope following the appointment of new ABC Chair Kim Williams, who removed his radio and digital responsibilities and reportedly has different ideas about documentary output.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The series is slated on NBC for Sunday at 9 p.m. ET out of documentary series The Americas (and into Grosse Pointe Garden Society, another newbie drama).—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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His 2018 feature debut, the Vietnam War drama Point Man, was a literal dive into the deep end of the cinematic pool.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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But the recent period of contraction in metaphoric Hollywood is almost ready to be re-labeled an outright existential decline in the literal one.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Nonfictional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfictional. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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