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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
As unsettling truths begin to surface, Maya discovers her supposedly ordinary life might be an elaborate fabrication.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
At the fabrication stage, which is often offshore—Taiwan, South Korea, China—the foundry itself could be compromised.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2025
The collection was smart, sophisticated and carried an effortless attitude through the most luxurious fabrications.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 June 2025
Back in November 2019, the pair signed on to develop the vacant six-acre site of a former steel fabrication plant at the intersection of State Road 50 and 12th Street in Clermont.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
At the fabrication stage, which is often offshore—Taiwan, South Korea, China—the foundry itself could be compromised.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2025
The collection was smart, sophisticated and carried an effortless attitude through the most luxurious fabrications.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 June 2025
Back in November 2019, the pair signed on to develop the vacant six-acre site of a former steel fabrication plant at the intersection of State Road 50 and 12th Street in Clermont.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
Noun
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Basing a political movement on lies and conspiracy theories is inevitably going to come back to haunt you.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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The misinformation, and sometimes blatant lies, being spread around the country could result in someone stepping into a federal operation and suddenly finding themselves face-to-face with a killer who has nothing to lose.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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Girl, 1983 is still more deft in its experiments, subverting conventional ideas about fiction’s use of the truth.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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At least for now, the Saks story is no longer a tale about financing.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
7 July 2025
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Sula by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison’s suite of stunning historical novels includes Beloved, A Mercy, and this 1973 tale of a friendship between Sula Peace and Nel Wright.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Douglas also shared some stories from Cuckoo’s Nest, including ones about Nicholson.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
5 July 2025
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Switching between her college days in 1999 and the present day, the novel tracks Cora’s pull to two men, charming Lincoln and sensitive Aaron.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Published in 2024, the novel was a Reese’s Book Club Pick and made the year’s best lists from Kirkus, Time, NPR, Goodreads and Electric Lit, among others.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Competing authors are trapped in their respective science fiction/fantasy stories and need help getting each other out.—
WIRED,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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This cosmic climate blurs the boundaries between fantasy and reality, offering you the opportunity to overcome challenges or doubts that have held you back in the past.—
Danijela Pilic,
Glamour,
10 July 2025
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Thanks to Apple’s invention, users could rent out an apartment easily on their phone, sitting in their back pocket.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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The Carter family, while influential, can not be credited with the genre's invention.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.—
Margy Rochlin,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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But Annabelle is also haunted by terrifying dreams — ones where her family are affected — and which Annabelle soon realizes aren’t just figments of her imagination, but premonitions of what’s to come.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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