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
The wiggle room has left courts to lock horns over the most basic facts before them — including whether what the president claims must be provably true.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
An independent watchdog concluded in March that failure to share basic facts about the Southport killer led to "dangerous fictions" which helped spark rioting.
From BBC • Aug. 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
