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Recent Examples of nonhistorical
The closest nonhistorical portrayals to Washington’s role among recent winners are probably Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club and Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart.
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Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 3 Mar. 2018
Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 3 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhistorical
Adjective
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Saying that ending our 43-year involvement [with] the EU is somehow going to fundamentally change this deep relationship between our two countries is completely unhistorical.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
10 July 2016
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Well, certainly the most unhistorical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2022
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Ferrell is on the cowbell, and fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson’s (Christopher Walken) gotta have more cowbell, baby.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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But the film was fictional, largely focusing on the perspective of U.S. soldiers.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Created by Chris Romano and Eric Falconer, who also are believed to be back for the sequel, Blue Mountain State is about a fictitious university, Blue Mountain State, and its football team, the Mountain Goats.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2025
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Last month, its editor revealed that A.I. had been used to tweak the Hungarian accents of its stars, Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, and to create fictitious architectural plans and buildings for the closing retrospective of the main character’s career.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2025
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This type of cosmic phenomenon is named after the famous theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity proposed that objects with mass distort the fabric of spacetime—making such 'gravitational lensing' effects possible.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Elsie supplements her work as an adjunct professor in theoretical physics by offering up herself as a fake girlfriend.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Idahoans United said details in the financial statement — including mention of the state’s $850 million annual Medicaid budget — are misleading and speculative.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2025
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The precise modeling of potential gains and losses for such speculative investments is basically impossible.—
Vineer Bhansali,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In essence, the memo contended that the plaintiffs' request to block the new enforcement policy is based on speculation of hypothetical future harm — and thus is insufficient grounds for issuing an injunction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Using these insights, the group of industry actors developed some hypothetical concepts to tackle the systemic barriers knee-capping circularity.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Feb. 2025
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The movie is based on Colleen Hoover's book of the same name, which is a fictionalized retelling of her family's experience with domestic violence.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Dahmer, similarly, was accused of exploiting the murders in a fictionalized way that some believed even glorified him as a killer in some ways.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
22 Sep. 2024
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The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues.—
Erik Wemple,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2022
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Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2022
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“Nonhistorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhistorical. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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