How to Use factual in a Sentence

factual

adjective
  • That statement is not factual.
  • And when leaders show up calm and factual, their teams feel it.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But should viewers even think of the series as a factual piece of work?
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But the team never wanted to make a factual show.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For us, just being factual and real and honest from day one is the best.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
  • So what is the factual basis upon which these laws are being passed?
    — ABC News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Some of the challenges will be factual and others will be legal.
    — Jeffrey Bellin, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Need a quick, factual answer to a question?
    — Shiri Melumad, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Lawyers for Stapp and the city admitted that text was factual.
    — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Ford could have helped avoid numerous factual errors like the ones above.
    — Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2019
  • There is no factual answer to what is workout music.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
  • So, with that factual understanding, what is your plea, guilty or not guilty?
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
  • 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
  • Trump has also made factual mistakes while on the stump during his off-script tangents.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • For her part, Gatlin admitted to the crime in a factual statement as part of her plea deal.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Though meant as a factual statement, the words landed harshly.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • If that happens, expect a much longer list of factual corrections than this one.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This is about the factual disclosure of something that was known to some, but not others, four days ago.
    — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2020
  • The factual content of the reviews led the court to that decision.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The judge reasoned that there remain factual disputes for jurors to weigh.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 June 2026
  • But some tests showed that getting factual information from the chatbot seemed to be hit or miss.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
  • There is a factual basis, plea is accepted.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
  • The burden of proof for any factual claim is on the speaker, and no one making this claim provided any such proof.
    — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Here’s a non-exhaustive guide to the factual errors in Michael.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
  • See, most of the time, when there are no major factual disputes in a case, the law is clear, and the defendant pleads guilty.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Sensing teams tend to be more process-driven, factual and pragmatic.
    — Megan Malone, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Second, add a short factual reason that highlights value—not your worth as a person.
    — Joyce Marter, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On a factual task, in domains like law or medicine, disagreement is real but bounded.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Google, in a brief for the justices, strongly denied the factual basis for the lawsuit.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The claims are backed by dozens of affidavits that offer much in the way of rhetoric, but little in the way of factual support.
    — Ian MacDougall, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2020

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