basic facts
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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
When leaders and the public can’t even agree on basic facts, we lose the ability to solve important problems.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Roberts, instead, pushed his own theories—and created his own supposed doctrine—even over the basic facts with which the case began.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
That outcome, with all of its momentous advantages for Eurasian societies, stemmed from three basic facts of mammalian geography, history, and biology.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
