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Recent Examples of apocryphal
The book is apocryphal, a non-canonical text that deals with Jesus’ adolescence, something not found in the Bible.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Magnolia is trying just that with The Carpenter’s Son, writer and director Lotfy Nathan’s life of teenage Jesus story based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a obscure apocryphal gospel.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
There’s an apocryphal anecdote about Hemingway being challenged to write a complete story, with all the emotional impact of one of his own short stories, in just six words.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
What would be the reason to forge Dead Sea Scrolls or create the apocryphal Book of Judith.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Magnolia is trying just that with The Carpenter’s Son, writer and director Lotfy Nathan’s life of teenage Jesus story based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a obscure apocryphal gospel.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
There’s an apocryphal anecdote about Hemingway being challenged to write a complete story, with all the emotional impact of one of his own short stories, in just six words.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
What would be the reason to forge Dead Sea Scrolls or create the apocryphal Book of Judith.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocryphal
Adjective
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It should be noted that in-hand images of the black colorway have yet to surface and pictured here are instead speculative mock-ups of what the pair is expected to look like.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
21 Feb. 2026
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With a top-notch cast and slick production design, Churchill’s clever concoction of speculative fiction, corporate satire and family drama remains sharp and timely.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Moore said that no matter how famous a host or a guest is, or how elaborate and slick a production is, an unauthentic product will not resonate with audiences.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Inaccurate debunks Amid the recycled imagery, authentic pictures of National Guard members sleeping on the floor of a federal building in Los Angeles this week were falsely described as old or unauthentic.—
Emma Li,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
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The poll found that Cornyn, Hunt and Paxton all have a lead over Crockett and Talarico in a hypothetical November matchup, but that their leads are within the poll’s margin of error.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the days leading up to the 2021 winter storm, the generator’s value was suddenly no longer hypothetical.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Printed on one of the sheets was his A-number, short for alien registration number—a unique numerical code assigned to non-citizen immigrants, including undocumented border crossers and green-card holders.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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Gahler was recently joined by Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant in 2023, to ask the governor not to sign the bill.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The backstory Casa Cody is the oldest operating hotel in Palm Springs, founded in the 1920s by female pioneer Harriet Cody, cousin to the legendary Buffalo Bill.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Not to take anything away from her legendary performance as an award-winning athlete, but these style choices are meaningful in their own right, establishing her as the latest Gen Z addition to a long line of athletes who refuse to sacrifice personal style on the world's stage.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Earlier theoretical work showed that combining spatial mode sorting with long-baseline interferometry could reach the true quantum limit for resolving two stars.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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The firm’s Chapter 11 practice is intentionally selective, focusing on cases with realistic paths to confirmation rather than theoretical restructuring plans.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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But to suggest that the ramifications meant good news for United or Delta was just too fanciful for words.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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All this has always struck me as fanciful.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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Today’s longevity-medicine movement is driven by the same aggressive desire for eternal youth as the mythic stories of old.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rarely do these pieces directly echo the two men’s interpersonal drama, but the information adds context to the actors’ enchanting movements, which are backed by gorgeous outfits and striking set design that accentuate the mythical tales being played out.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Apocryphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocryphal. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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