face value
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How can someone have young children and decide to part with them for two months for a climb that is about, at face value, little more than bragging rights?
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Yet Wedgewood also lied to media outlets that did ask probing questions about its methods, so that explanation is hard to take at face value.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
Throughout the 1960s through to the 1980s, the “doomsday” equation became regularly cited — usually at face value — in textbooks on genetics, ecology and demography.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The award-winning artist said she had "never witnessed bots on this scale" and was changing the process as it is "so important" to her that fans can buy tickets at the face value price.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The advantage of realism at face value is that it seems easier to understand.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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