as in fantasy
something that is the product of the imagination
most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact
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Recent Examples of fiction
Instead, what follows are 50 fiction and nonfiction titles worth your time and interest that may or may not have been on a school reading list.
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Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
Writing himself into the fiction book this is based partly on, Nick Tosches is mythologizing himself in the way that Dante mythologized Beatrice, and history mythologized Dante.
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Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
In fact, my novel Summer on Sag Harbor is historical fiction about this Black Hamptons that’s hidden, sort of intentionally.
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Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Discover notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for fiction
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
Writing himself into the fiction book this is based partly on, Nick Tosches is mythologizing himself in the way that Dante mythologized Beatrice, and history mythologized Dante.
—
Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
In fact, my novel Summer on Sag Harbor is historical fiction about this Black Hamptons that’s hidden, sort of intentionally.
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Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Discover notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiction
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Disney+ has handed a pilot order to Aquamarine, based on the 2006 teen fantasy romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts.
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Two years ago, Brown appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show to discuss doing her own stunts on the fantasy-action film Damsel.
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The spectacularly antic tale of originals and doubles, locals and outsiders, visually and philosophically lampoons the very concept of identity.
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Director David Anspaugh, whose resume includes small-town basketball tale Hoosiers and against-all-odds college football biopic Rudy, sticks rigidly to his sporting underdog formula, only skimming the surface of the David-versus-Goliath encounter.
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The Sacramento Bee published several notable stories Friday covering local government, public health and state worker policy.
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Over the course of the 2030s, the idea of telepathy will go from novel and futuristic to ubiquitous and mundane.
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The screenplay was adapted by Marguerite Roberts and Portis wrote the final scene to give the film a more positive ending than that of the novel, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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But now, under the Bivens Act, the protester can sue the federal agent for false arrest, malicious prosecution, evidence fabrication, and excessive force.
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Mastery of aviation’s uncompromising structural codes and fabrication standards is an asset for any studio.
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But the turtle/cat comment just sounds like a summary of Aesop’s absolute worst fable.
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Shortly after his election loss, Cornyn posted on social media a fable about a frog and a scorpion.
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The World's Fair, as it's also known, introduced millions of people to inventions, architecture and ideas that still influence our lives today.
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Basically, Larry went through world history, dumping on every great invention.
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That wasn’t a figment of the imagination.
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Fear is a figment of your imagination.
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“Fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiction. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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