1
as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication
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2
as in fiction
something that is the product of the imagination
the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Recent Examples of fabrication
From the collection’s design, fabrication, color palette to graphic presentation, Kelce was fully hands-on, acting as the creative director.
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Equipment and activities related to the fabrication of nuclear weapons would be banned, with dual-use equipment and activities declared and verified.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Existing technologies struggle with fabrication challenges and integration issues that prevent large-scale adoption in real-world systems.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Remarkably, Rubin is already in the fabrication phase, Nvidia executives said on the call.
—CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Equipment and activities related to the fabrication of nuclear weapons would be banned, with dual-use equipment and activities declared and verified.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Existing technologies struggle with fabrication challenges and integration issues that prevent large-scale adoption in real-world systems.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Remarkably, Rubin is already in the fabrication phase, Nvidia executives said on the call.
—CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
Noun
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Our family has been ruined by Denise's lies of promising to end a year-long affair.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Harrison called that a lie, saying Welsh knew of university professors teaching LGBTQ+ content long before Monday.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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There are no sections that go entirely unloved by our staff, but some favorites include literary fiction, cookbooks, sci fi and fantasy and all things kids' books.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Such subtlety may not necessarily be what readers—perhaps American readers, in particular—expect from political fiction, which can have a reputation for being didactic and heavy-handed, designed to beat readers over the head, as if anything political were made in the mode of Soviet realism.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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The tale is pilfered from the Aeneid, but Virgil would blench to see the curtain rise on Jupiter, dandling Ganymede, a beautiful boy, upon his knee.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Then, in February, after an early version of the site was ready, a story about Shield Seniors and Tejasvi appeared in the Dallas Observer, bringing her to the attention of the people at AARP.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film, based on a novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, stars Natalia Reyes as a woman forced to grapple with the death of her mother against the backdrop of a crumbling city and a gang that has overtaken her apartment building.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The controversy may also have inspired Colleen Hoover's upcoming novel, about a writer who retreats after online backlash about a film adaptation.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Welcome to my annual fantasy hockey dynasty rankings at The Athletic.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lamb’s seven catches for 110 yards look good, and will appease some fantasy football owners.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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There are also exhibits of actual cutting-edge inventions and a high-tech spa room with a silky-soft carpet.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Thinking outside the box, invention, trailblazing, individuality and self-belief were not only showcased on screen in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Are the protagonist’s past lives real, or just figments of his psychosis?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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But the hunger crisis isn’t a figment of some propagandist’s imagination.—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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