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Recent Examples of apocryphal
More pointedly, Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt adds the grotesquerie of archaic beauty practices — both real and apocryphal — to create a feminist body-horror parable akin to last year’s The Substance.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
As the — perhaps apocryphal — origin story goes, Pihl came up with the idea while gazing out of the window from her workshop bench.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The book is apocryphal, a non-canonical text that deals with Jesus’ adolescence, something not found in the Bible.
—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
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
As the — perhaps apocryphal — origin story goes, Pihl came up with the idea while gazing out of the window from her workshop bench.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The book is apocryphal, a non-canonical text that deals with Jesus’ adolescence, something not found in the Bible.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocryphal
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Without that information, conclusions about feasibility are at best speculative.—
Charles Rilli,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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When speculative trades piled in, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia were forced to abandon their currency pegs, triggering cascading defaults and deep economic contractions that were worsened by International Monetary Fund austerity programs.—
Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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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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For example, in a hypothetical scenario where total damages equal $100,000, if a court or insurance company determines the injured party was 10% at fault for the crash, the final award would be reduced by that percentage, or $10,000.—
William Jones,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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This prospect may not be merely hypothetical, as United Airlines and American Airlines have reportedly discussed merging into one company.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
17 Apr. 2026
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Many of their songs are about undocumented workers trying to make a living while evading immigration agents.—
Adrian Florido,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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The statewide figures correlate to declining birth rates nationwide, although other factors are in play locally, including in Los Angeles County, such as housing costs, a decline in immigration and aggressive federal efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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But filmmaker Morgan Neville painted a different picture of the legendary boss after speaking to cast members including Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, John Mulaney and Chris Rock for a documentary project decades in the making.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Explore its 52-block historic district that’s dotted with Victorian mansions, legendary seafood shacks, and an arts scene that far exceeds expectations for a small town.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Moreover, according to the researchers, their technique works even when there is no perfect theoretical model of the material, and the sample is not pure (which is often the case in real-world materials).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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This week, that scenario started to feel less theoretical.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, the results of the research, conducted with collaborators at Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany, sound fanciful at best.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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Signing a 10-year lease was a sigh of relief for the company, the result of a lengthy search that included more than 80 spaces and ensured its playful, fanciful shows would continue to be a multigenerational, SoCal tradition.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the family drama, the play also expands into something mythic — that they are all connected not only across generations, but through a deeper ancestral line tied to an African king (Chat Atkins plays both early ancestors, Peter and the King).—
Amy Reyes,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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The truly mythic figures are the ones with wide-reaching influence—teaching other cooks, breaking new ground, and pushing the regional traditions forward.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Apocryphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocryphal. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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