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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication
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as in fiction
something that is the product of the imagination
the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Recent Examples of fabrication
After building a reputation as a go-to brand for cool blazer jackets that draw customers, celebrities and royals alike, the brand keeps stretching its lexicon and brings its signature Smiley pockets to new shapes and fabrications.
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WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
Investment in state and local government capacity, too, could have helped get money moving faster to new projects, such as the construction of new semiconductor fabrication plants and programs for training and hiring local workers.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The super sheer fabrications including organza and chiffon gave the shade a barely-there feel.
—Libby Page, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
Even Gizelle called it out, saying Mia’s fabrications always seem a little too convenient for the storyline.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
Investment in state and local government capacity, too, could have helped get money moving faster to new projects, such as the construction of new semiconductor fabrication plants and programs for training and hiring local workers.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The super sheer fabrications including organza and chiffon gave the shade a barely-there feel.
—Libby Page, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
Even Gizelle called it out, saying Mia’s fabrications always seem a little too convenient for the storyline.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
Noun
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Perhaps unsurprisingly the main thrust of the Trend Micro research is looking at how AI is being used to make the lies that are used to get victims to click on links or divulge login credentials.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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After experiencing what felt like my insides being ripped apart, no lie.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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It is now being reissued in a deluxe edition by prestige publisher Folio Society, with illustrations by Doug Bell, occasioning Miéville to sit for an interview looking back at the book’s impact on his career, the cultural influence of speculative fiction, and what’s next for him and his work.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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But reality is sometimes weirder than fiction, and that’s the case with the recent story about train robberies in the Southwest.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
14 Mar. 2025
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Some of the men who were deported from Guantánamo to Venezuela have told a familiar tale of being beaten by guards, strip-searched, and put into solitary confinement, and of suicide attempts as well as hunger strikes to protest the inhumane conditions.—
Edwidge Danticat,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Were the tales of alien abduction that became popular in the 1980s a kind of mass hallucination?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Chris Malone Mendez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both episodes owe a big spiritual debt to Lost, which also liked to toggle back and forth between the main island story, its characters’ former lives, and all its weird mythology.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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The 1981 novel of the same name told of a lovable St. Bernard named Cujo who, after being bitten by a bat, becomes a mouth-foaming killer.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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With love and loss, inspiration and indignation, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is a folk tale, a small-town barroom yarn, a gothic novel, and a ghost story.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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Surely Shirley reside in a breezy fantasy, one unsullied by grit or grime, one that wears its sweet disposition as a point of pride.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025
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The fantasy series, based on the novels by Robert Jordan, raises new stakes in its third season for Our Heroes.—
Leigh Butler,
TIME,
13 Mar. 2025
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This Fayette, Alabama, invention first made its debut in 1928 and quickly became a staple on breakfast tables and in beloved Southern desserts like pecan pie.—
Staff Author,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025
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Tharp, setting herself the challenge of Beethoven’s mammoth and adventurous Diabelli Variations, responds with her own ideas about theme and variation, employing her formidable powers of invention and wit.—
Vince Aletti,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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Collection 15: Exhale felt like a figment of our imagination, within it Rogers was unwavering in his dedication to craftsmanship.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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And, specifically, a figment of Neko Case’s imagination.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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