take at face value
Example Sentences
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The main problem with “A League of His Own” is Mr. Stein’s willingness to take at face value Spalding’s claims in his 1911 book, “America’s National Game,” which systematically inflates Spalding’s role in events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
We have to worry about whether videos are trustworthy, something that we used to take at face value.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024
"I think we can't entirely take at face value the bookies' odds as a predictor or a forecast of this election outcome," Foord says.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2022
“I used to take at face value that these people must be guilty of something if we were looking at them,” he continued.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
If the Times’ mission is now to take at face value and simply repeat the claims of the powerful, that’s news to me.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2019
