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as in to produce
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath
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as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise
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as in to construct
to form by putting together parts or materials
the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly
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as in to lie
to make a statement one knows to be untrue
since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one
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Recent Examples of fabricate
Luigi Avantaggiato PacBio’s Wenger notes that the 25-million-well chips that underpin its Revio system are still being fabricated on 200-millimeter semiconductor wafers.
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
However, prosecutors proved that Javice had fabricated the vast majority of those customers, with the actual number being fewer than 300,000.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Right now Israel’s identity is being fabricated by those who hate her by a barrage of misinformation in the media—especially social media.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Heagney said the names of the husband and wife who left the dog and fabricated the story will not be released at this time, adding that the incident isn't enough to press charges.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
However, prosecutors proved that Javice had fabricated the vast majority of those customers, with the actual number being fewer than 300,000.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Right now Israel’s identity is being fabricated by those who hate her by a barrage of misinformation in the media—especially social media.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Heagney said the names of the husband and wife who left the dog and fabricated the story will not be released at this time, adding that the incident isn't enough to press charges.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabricate
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There are videos flying around, with or without context; the US government is producing some, promoting others from random X accounts.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Midway through the fourth quarter, the 49ers produced a fourth-down stop from their own 35-yard line.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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To that end, the Charlotte Symphony commissioned Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates to devise a brief musical signature called a sonic logo for the orchestra.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX’s luck appears to be turning, as the company notched a second straight successful test flight of the Starship launch system — the most powerful rocket ever constructed — on Monday evening.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Exercises focused on how to find and purify water, fish and hunt for animals, forage for edible plants, find dry wood to build a fire and construct palm leaf-sapling lean-to shelters.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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In the constellation Cepheus lies the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6951.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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He is drawn to homes whose beauty lies buried beneath decades of stale design choices and neglect.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Multiple board members cited the ability to make the time commitment and experience in K-12 education as desirable characteristics.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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Farke has a decision to make at Turf Moor on Saturday.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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One of the smartest things the subgroup of three commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick did in concocting a 12-team CFP format was to grant automatic playoff berths to the top six conference champions (later five after the Pac-12’s collapse).—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Shon and his collaborators, including Ruozhu Feng and Wei Wang, built their prototype with carbon electrodes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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The same report also found that the cost of materials required to manufacture a turbine is 40% higher in Europe than in China.—
Andrew Saunders,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The TiVo Edge was the seventh generation TiVo DVR, and was manufactured by Arris.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Fabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabricate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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