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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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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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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
Kinman's mother, December Mitchell, and stepfather, Jonathan Mitchell, were charged with tampering with and fabricating physical evidence to impair a human corpse, which is a second-degree felony.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Since 2020, ProEnergy has fabricated 75 PE6000 packages and now has another 52 being assembled or on order.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Some videos were clearly fabricated, like Pope John Paul II wrestling Tupac in the ring.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors and the media had unwound a web of lies from Santos over the years, including illegally spending donor money, lying about being Jewish, and fabricating his resume.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Since 2020, ProEnergy has fabricated 75 PE6000 packages and now has another 52 being assembled or on order.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Some videos were clearly fabricated, like Pope John Paul II wrestling Tupac in the ring.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors and the media had unwound a web of lies from Santos over the years, including illegally spending donor money, lying about being Jewish, and fabricating his resume.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
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The ad was produced by the Ontario government.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The humanities program will work with the arts board's Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program to train master and apprentice Wisconsin folk artists in planning and producing public programs that showcase and contextualize cultural traditions, stories and histories.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Anime giant Crunchyroll has partnered with Luminopia, a digital health company that devises new treatments for significant neuro-visual disorders, for a new VR treatment for kids with lazy eye (amblyopia).—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Radiolarian skeletons are typically constructed of an orderly mesh of rigid polygons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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As for what's happened to the donations over the years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported that Morehouse College officials will use the $20 million donation the school received to construct a new campus center building.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Its quality isn't the horror itself but the ghoulish environment and subtle danger that lies beneath, being a whodunit occult film that never lets up, keeping us guessing on the true nature of the terrors up until the bitter end.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Determining the species of necrophagous flies (the kind that alight on a body, then lay eggs there) and other insects isn't always easy, though, and forensic entomology is such a specialized discipline that few law enforcement agencies have ready access to an expert in the field.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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The interaction was made even more awkward by the fact that Shannon was already standing right there with arms wide open in anticipation of a warm, cleansing embrace.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Filling your home with a strong artificial scent — or any scent for that matter — has the potential to turn off some buyers and make your house less appealing, according to a recent report from House Beautiful.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Even so, del Toro has not merely concocted another Whale of a tale.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each district sends two children as tributes to the fight-to-the-death Hunger Games, concocted by the capitol to keep the populace distracted.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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Lea has built a culture of belief while competing against programs with more resources.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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The discovery of the body reinvigorated the investigation, with prosecutors previously building their case against Barry before Suzanne's body had been discovered.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Devastating Pyrotechnics did not hold a valid state license to manufacture fireworks but marketed itself as a producer in bids and promotional materials.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The knitwear was made in China, and the jackets were manufactured in New York.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Fabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabricate. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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