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 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

While the basic facts of the earthquake and tsunami were the same for everyone on the Tohoku coast, the details for each town were unique.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland