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facts

noun

plural of fact

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a collection of factual knowledge about something after reading the facts on the situation, the president concluded that an outbreak of hostilities was all but certain

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Recent Examples of facts Verify the numbers, name the next step, and let clear facts make the agreement feel safer for everyone involved. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit says the decision was unlawful, unsupported by facts and inconsistent with the military’s past praise of Claude. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026 Porter’s family recently asked Hochman to convene a grand jury to hear the facts. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Because Lindsay Clancy agreed to what’s called a stipulation of facts in the case, prosecutors don’t have to present all of their evidence in court. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Others remained in the courtroom to face the grim facts of what happened to his body. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Those facts are obscured by their 8-8 record since a disappointing haul before the trade deadline. — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 It is won by structured, verifiable, machine-readable context—the facts about your products that an agent can check, cite and trust. — Haozhuang Dai, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 However, this was when Johnson started to see facts and stories not lining up. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

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The National Park Service is asking for information about anyone who may have been hiking or backpacking along Bright Angel Creek in Arizona, as well as campers with plans to stay at Phantom Ranch or the Bright Angel Campground.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to contact the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4330.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026

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