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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And for all their risk of fabrication and hallucination, LLMs really do deliver on that front.—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025 The chipmaker may reportedly sunset a less popular fabrication process in favor of a newer one, 14A, in a bid to woo TSMC customers Apple and Nvidia.—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 July 2025 Some have been addressed now, with fabrication underway and TRIGA fuel contracted for 2026 delivery.—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025 Fuels Media Illiteracy And Distrust AI’s mass content output is fueling media illiteracy and public distrust, blurring the line between fact and fabrication.—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 June 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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