confabulated

past tense of confabulate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confabulated The errant or confabulated information that AI tools can generate is often referred to as hallucinations. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026 These failures occurred when the AI models confabulated successful operations and built subsequent actions on false premises, highlighting the risks of depending on AI assistants that can misinterpret file structures or fabricate data to hide their errors. — ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confabulated
Verb
  • Those steps include halting any activity that contributed to the discovery until tribal communities are consulted.
    — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • She has been assigned to a restorative justice drug court and consulted on police misconduct cases.
    — Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Clifton noted that multiple doctors with the OCME conferred about the case, but that there was never any disagreement that Ringquist was run over by the truck tire.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Lee conferred with David Jue, the owner and an old-school front-of-the house man with a million-watt smile who’s originally from Hong Kong.
    — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Both the prosecution and defense discussed the documentary at length during their closing arguments.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
  • During a gubernatorial debate in early October, data centers were one of many topics discussed by the two candidates.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Confabulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confabulated. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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