basic facts

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Instead, the lawyer collects basic facts: the accident report, property damage, a brief description of injuries and medical bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

Anyone with even a cursory understanding of the aircraft, or simply the ability to use Google and follow basic facts, could have arrived at that conclusion.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The interview was co-ordinated by the SBU and conducted at a derelict building in Zaporizhzhia being used as a kind of safe house by the service, which confirmed the basic facts of Kurashov's life.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

“My mom drove me nuts with her citizenship test. She doesn’t know even the basic facts, like each state has two senators.”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan