basic facts

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All of these are basic facts based on publicly available data.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“We can’t agree on basic facts that are vital to our health and safety,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The basic facts of the ruling do not include who made the claim, how it came about or whether Farage ever contested it.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

But bots often fail to grasp basic facts, such as insisting that the ratio 1:100 simplifies to 1:25.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

But most of all you need the intelligible basic facts to begin with, and these must come from basic research.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas