Essential Word Roots: Make Do: Fac

The Boston museum unveiled a new exhibit Friday featuring 100 original artifacts, documents and photographs from Kennedy’s life and political career. Seattle Times (May 28, 2017)

What will Arthur do for Erik, his sponsor, his benefactor, his ticket to the big time? Tangerine

Instant opinion is what matters, no matter how rushed, inaccurate, facile or unreasonable. Wall Street Journal (Sep 7, 2016)

They maximize the kinds of spaces where we feel most at home, organized around layouts that facilitate ease of use and movement. Slate (Oct 3, 2016)

Before long he was raising millions of dollars to build campus sports facilities. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

One wall shows the original prints, which Mr. Chalfant pieced together by hand to recreate a facsimile of the work. New York Times (Jan 12, 2017)

Despite the fact that he was born here in America, Peter says he wants to live in Jamaica. The Sun Is Also a Star

Her nomination was welcomed by everybody, including the most radical faction of the scientific community. Science Magazine (Jun 19, 2017)

The English Government was now resolved to show that it would temporize no longer with the factious colonists. McCarthy, Justin

The first description of VCD dates back to 1951, when it was dubbed “factitious asthma”; doctors essentially thought patients were lying. Washington Post (Jul 27, 2015)

This geographical advantage was a major factor in the districts losing the war that led to my being a tribute today. The Hunger Games

The garment factory is a sprawling cluster of seven large buildings, all of which are visible on satellite photographs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

But “factotum” means “a person hired to do all sorts of work.” Washington Post (Dec 18, 2015)

The reputation of news organizations are now on the line to make sure that the stories they print are indeed factual. Forbes (Apr 14, 2011)

As we age we think we are perfectly capable of doing all sorts of things, however diminished our faculties may be. Seattle Times (Oct 14, 2016)

One concern is that hackers or malefactors could potentially hijack and misuse intimate information recorded by Internet-connect devices to the detriment of consumers. New York Times (Jan 27, 2015)

Mack said one of the firm’s strengths lay with its technology that allows it to manufacture clothing very quickly. Reuters (Sep 6, 2017)

The sulfide itself accompanies putrefaction in many kinds of organic matter, including human. Slate (Apr 19, 2012)