her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication
the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Add to that the need to build factories and fabrication plants for microchips.—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025 Instead, each case involved egregious misconduct, including the wholesale fabrication of news stories.—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025 This blithe self-confidence is particularly egregious in depictions of distant history, where imagination inevitably courts fabrication.—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025 Since some bigger styles can be heavy and difficult to wear all day, look for domed and hollow fabrications for more lightweight and practical options.—Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabrication
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Etymology
Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabricātiōn-, fabricātiō, from fabricāre, fabricārī "to fashion, shape, construct" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at fabricate
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