On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Factoid. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as information or info and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Factoid meaning
- An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.
- An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.
Synonyms of Factoid
Using Factoid
- The main meaning on this page is: An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. | An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.
- Useful related words include: information, info, news item.
- In the example corpus, factoid often appears in combinations such as: interesting factoid, factoid that.
Context around Factoid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Factoid
- In this selection, "factoid" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, interesting, heading, day, means, sarwar and somewhere stand out and add context to how "factoid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an interesting factoid that shared and another essential factoid left out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "factoid" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with factoid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So it is a factoid that "factoid" means something that is true. (12 words)
Was there a most interesting factoid that came out of your research? (12 words)
The experience inspired me in a way that no newspaper article or Wikipedia factoid ever could. (16 words)
This new sense of factoid as a trivial but interesting fact was popularized by the CNN Headline News TV channel, which, during the 1980s and 1990s, often included such a fact under the heading factoid during newscasts. (37 words)
Interesting factoid: Ace Hardware is not a corporation like Home Despot or Loads, but a cooperative of independent stores, and this one was the first store west of the Mississippi. (30 words)
You know, one interesting factoid I learned about NFTs throughout the research is 99% of all NFT artwork is not on the block, it’s on the cloud. (28 words)
Was there a most interesting factoid that came out of your research? (12 words)
Example sentences (14)
So it is a factoid that "factoid" means something that is true.
This new sense of factoid as a trivial but interesting fact was popularized by the CNN Headline News TV channel, which, during the 1980s and 1990s, often included such a fact under the heading factoid during newscasts.
It had taken the First Minister 22 minutes to mention the NHS in his remarks, a factoid Sarwar spat out in disgust.
Though an interesting factoid that shared was that, being left handed, he played the guitar as a lefty.
Was there a most interesting factoid that came out of your research?
Yet given the growing evidence of harms associated with vaping, the factoid was even less valid seven years later.
You know, one interesting factoid I learned about NFTs throughout the research is 99% of all NFT artwork is not on the block, it’s on the cloud.
Here is a Presidents Day factoid for ya. it was President Ulysses S. Grant in 1870 that established the weather service.
I saw an article or factoid somewhere and the average take from a bank robbery in the USA is less than $4,500 or so.
The McMasterVR: Nuclear Facilities App allows users to view ‘factoid pop-ups” during a smart phone tour.
The experience inspired me in a way that no newspaper article or Wikipedia factoid ever could.
The result is fear-mongering article that further damages a group that faces alarming rates of suicide and violence, another essential factoid left out of the piece.
Interesting factoid: Ace Hardware is not a corporation like Home Despot or Loads, but a cooperative of independent stores, and this one was the first store west of the Mississippi.
Now, the truth behind the actor’s excursion to Ireland has been revealed, shedding light on a cool behind-the-scenes factoid.
Common combinations with factoid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: