at face value
idiom
1
: for the price that is printed on something
We bought the tickets at face value.
2
: as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted
After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken/accepted at face value.
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The likenesses between Brunelle's doppelgängers are undeniable at face value.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
But taken at face value, the changes raise the question of the effectiveness of Meta’s old policy, fact-checking, and its new one, community comments.
—Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Official data is often taken at face value, but numbers can conceal motives: think of the dispute over how to count casualties in recent conflicts.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: Some Republicans who spoke to Axios pushed back on the notion that Trump should be taken at face value when flirting with military action against U.S. allies.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
But taken at face value, the changes raise the question of the effectiveness of Meta’s old policy, fact-checking, and its new one, community comments.
—Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Official data is often taken at face value, but numbers can conceal motives: think of the dispute over how to count casualties in recent conflicts.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: Some Republicans who spoke to Axios pushed back on the notion that Trump should be taken at face value when flirting with military action against U.S. allies.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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“At face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20face%20value. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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