contrary to fact
Example Sentences
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It rejected the State Department's accusations on the grounds that they were "unfounded and contrary to fact."
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the 120 million citizens of the I those who see these words will nearly all believe them to be flatly contrary to fact, will promptly forget them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not all //statements fall into this category, only those that are undeniably contrary to fact.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
The assertion that I had the wish or was beset by any "temptation to attack" Canon Liddon is simply contrary to fact.
From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.
This is contrary to fact, as will be seen in the first chapter of this volume, where both the invitation to accept the command, and my conditional acceptance thereof are given.
From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of
