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
His writing covers technology, sustainability, geopolitics, and occasionally fiction.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
But the fiction has not held up.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Documentary projects represented the majority of feature submissions (77%), while fiction dominated short film applications (55%).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Young readers who can’t get enough historical fiction will want to check out this new adventure from beloved children’s novelist Avi.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
But the fiction has not held up.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Documentary projects represented the majority of feature submissions (77%), while fiction dominated short film applications (55%).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Young readers who can’t get enough historical fiction will want to check out this new adventure from beloved children’s novelist Avi.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fiction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiction
Noun
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With the help of Mariah Carey, the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony will be a sweet, sweet fantasy.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
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Left for dead by most fantasy players, CMC was a man on a mission.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The film vaguely follows the basic outline of the first half of the novel, heavily streamlining the twisted tale of family strife and generational trauma into a more conventional tragic romance centered squarely on Catherine and Heathcliff.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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The least satisfying tales involve a group of reasonable counterparties teaming up against a single aggressor, like an Indiana man who’s turned his grandmother’s house into an unauthorized urban farm.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Besides the deceased, who appears more as a spectre in pictures, letters and memories, the men in this story take a back seat, with three generations of women at the center of the narrative.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Find this story at Iowa Capital Dispatch, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.—
Robin Opsahl,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
13 Feb. 2026
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His first play, 'The Gaffer', premiered at the Underbelly Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, and he was signed by the Greyhound Literary Agency in Bloomsbury in 2024 for his debut novel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
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The film is a contemporary adaptation of Erich Kästner’s classic 1929 novel, which has been translated into more than 60 languages since its original publication and remains a cornerstone of children’s literature.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many systems require special coatings, structural modifications, or complex fabrication steps to make the fibers responsive.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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And, smaller gold items generally carry higher premiums per gram because fabrication costs don't decrease proportionally with size.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This poetic, interactive solo-theater piece blends fable and modern-day storytelling.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Grand Prix winner of last year’s Cannes Critics Week, filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s snaky, surprising fable starts with a sneeze and explodes into a saga about bureaucracy, modernization and moral corruption.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The precarious state of her mind forces us to question whether Sylvia and Ted are ghosts, hallucinations or literary inventions sprung to life.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Past administrations offered legal and moral justifications for military inventions, such as the Bush administration’s claims that Iraq was a just war.—
Gerard F. Powers,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Boone is relentlessly hounded by figments of his guilty memory, by other ghosts, and by his daughter—all of whom emphasize his nefarious role in delaying action to combat climate change.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiction. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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