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
The feeling of reading a really good piece of fiction often feels to me like a prank being pulled off well: the control, the surprise, the delight, the laughter, the feeling of play.
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Katie Yee
july 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
Led by Christie, whose Poirot and Marple books have sold the world over and been adapted into countless TV series and movies, the 1930s era is considered a golden age for detective fiction.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2025
That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
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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Katie Yee
july 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
Led by Christie, whose Poirot and Marple books have sold the world over and been adapted into countless TV series and movies, the 1930s era is considered a golden age for detective fiction.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2025
That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiction
Noun
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This fantasy was not unlike the others many young girls my age felt in the early 2010s who were enchanted by One Direction.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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The First Adventure, which introduced her to readers in 1983, serves as an excellent gateway to the fantasy genre.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The Coldplay public humiliation is a cautionary tale of atrophied American privacy.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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That tale is just one of many in the story that don’t show Joel in an especially flattering light.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 July 2025
Noun
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His story hit just as Pastel QAnon — a softer, Instagram-friendly offshoot of the movement — was flourishing.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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The extensive new detention policy is also expected to face legal challenges This is a developing story.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Ice Cube has never been one to trust the government much, but in the new trailer for a re-imagining of author H.G. Wells’ classic novel War of the Worlds, the rapper/actor slips into the role of top cyber-security analyst Will Radford at a time when his nation needs him the most.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
28 July 2025
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As if that's not exciting enough, another standalone novel in The Shadow Weavers duology is on its way in Summer 2026.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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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
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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
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As three people with remote connections to a house try to solve two brutal murders, the story becomes increasingly complicated and implausible, evolving into a fable about a cursed family.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
18 June 2025
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The Mulan legend is widely recounted in Chinese literature and inspired a fictional character in two Walt Disney movies based on the Chinese fable.—
Stephanie Balkwill,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And there's also a de-emphasis of our history of creativity, of innovation, of invention, right?—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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When news of Daguerre’s invention reached England, Talbot was alarmed.—
Anika Burgess
July 17,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
Noun
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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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“Fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiction. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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