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

But we do know the basic facts laid out in “Hamnet” are true.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

In other words, it’s possible the guardians managed to smuggle into our heads a lot of the basic facts about our futures.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro