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Recent Examples of apocryphal
There’s an apocryphal story about John Prine deciding to start his Oh Boy Records after wearying of record label struggles.
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Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
The story sounds far-fetched, like one of the many apocryphal yarns of royal transformation that litter folklore and fairytales.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
American sportswriter Frank Deford perpetuated the apocryphal story of Leo Seltzer’s invention of roller derby.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
The story sounds far-fetched, like one of the many apocryphal yarns of royal transformation that litter folklore and fairytales.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
American sportswriter Frank Deford perpetuated the apocryphal story of Leo Seltzer’s invention of roller derby.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocryphal
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Even with the recent resurgence in speculative stocks, the Schwab US Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV), is outperforming its growth sibling, the Schwab US Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) +8.35% versus +4.34% year-to-date.—
James Berman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
30 June 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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Both games made changes to the core formula that longtime players didn't appreciate, such as an influx of unauthentic skins and a departure from the class system.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, civil society groups, ranging from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, argue that those harms are not hypothetical, but are here now.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The challenge here was to think about a hypothetical world unique and singular to the world of the film – neither past, present nor future.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2025
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Her father was American, and her mother was an undocumented Mexican immigrant.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
1 July 2025
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Since his return to office on January 20, his administration has arrested thousands of undocumented immigrants as part of a widespread crackdown, which critics say is spreading fear in vulnerable communities.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Inspired by the legendary Oval pocket watch Derek Pratt and Voutilainen made for Urban Jürgensen, the UJ-1 is easily the most impressive of the three (pictured with the caseback on view).—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
29 June 2025
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But the tour will finish in South America, where Oasis will play at the legendary home grounds of River Plate and Sao Paulo.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
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Final Approach The consequences are no longer theoretical.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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For the first time in decades, the question of succession is no longer theoretical.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Twin Cities,
2 July 2025
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Inspired by the fanciful style of Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell, in Barcelona; Saint Phalle worked with a team of collaborators that included her husband, Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, on 22 large-scale concrete sculptures, each representing a mystical figure from the tarot deck.—
Kin Woo,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
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While the current conflict may lead us to think such cooperation is fanciful, who could have thought that the U.S. and Japan would be G7 allies after a nuclear bombing within a generation?—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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And his government constructed a temple to Ram on the site of a former mosque in Ayodhya, the mythical birthplace of the eponymous hero of a Hindu epic.—
HARTOSH SINGH BAL,
Foreign Affairs,
30 June 2025
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Ozark Bathhouse, adorned with facade planters bearing pairs of mythical flying creatures, sometimes functions as a cultural center that hosts exhibits of arts and crafts.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 June 2025
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“Apocryphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocryphal. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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