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fabricate

verb

ˈfa-bri-ˌkāt How to pronounce fabricate (audio)
Definition of fabricatenext
1
as in to produce
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath

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2
as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise

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3
as in to construct
to form by putting together parts or materials the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly

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as in to lie
to make a statement one knows to be untrue since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one

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Recent Examples of fabricate Palal also rejected the defense’s contention that Davis fabricated his accounts to make money. — Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Davis’ defense attorneys asserted that the book was partly a work of fiction, alleging that the memoir’s co-writer, Yusuf Jah, had fabricated some of the details regarding Shakur’s death. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026 Sanft claimed his client fabricated his story in a 2008 interview with Los Angeles police and federal authorities, as part of their investigation into the 1997 slaying of Wallace, to avoid a life sentence for drug dealing. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The defense maintained that those accounts were exaggerated or fabricated for money and notoriety, pointing to the absence of physical evidence independently placing Davis in the Cadillac that night. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fabricate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabricate
  1. produce
  2. devise
  3. construct
  4. lie
  5. make
  6. concoct
  7. build
  8. manufacture
Verb
  • When the ball was on target, not only was it was caught, but receivers produced nearly 60 percent of Iowa’s pass yards after the catch.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That target remains well beyond simply producing a larger processor.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of produce
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  • Davis’s Friday ruling means the government must now disclose who devised the fund’s structure, but the information will not necessarily be made available to the public.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Engineers devised a lower-thrust trajectory that saved BepiColombo's mission but delayed its Mercury arrival from December 2025 to November 2026.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of devise
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  • The report also said there were indications that operations began in January at a uranium enrichment facility in Kangson, near the capital Pyongyang, within an annex that had been constructed in 2024.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of constructing a large reactor facility above ground, the company’s model would shift much of the system underground.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of construct
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  • Even more horrifying than death was the thought of lying there, trapped beneath the rubble, listening to my two-year-old son desperately crying for help.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Beer bottle tops, champagne corks and a broken American dream each lay scattered.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of lie
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  • Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Washington has recently toyed with price controls on credit cards through interest-rate caps and restrictions on late fees, as if credit can be made cheaper by government order.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of make
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  • As is true of the best novels, the story emerges not as a scheme concocted by the author, but as an organic outcome of each character’s growth over the life of the book.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Secrecy laws like Georgia’s shield the public from awareness of the growing costs of pharmacists concocting drugs and the doctors administering the injections.
    — Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of concoct
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  • The billionaire chairman and CEO of WorldQuant has been a pioneer in applying AI and other technologies to vast collections of data, looking to build predictive models from historical information.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • During the pandemic, car production was capped, and automakers used their limited capacity on building luxury cars, like Maseratis.
    — David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of build
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  • This configuration is designed to remain operational despite manufacturing deviations and wear that develops during extended operation.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Over the decades, however, other threats—imagined or manufactured—were used to target individuals or institutions deemed suspicious by the Justice Department and law enforcement.
    — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
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“Fabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabricate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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