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
However, the key to the ruse is that the figures in the left column are fabrications.
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
At a White House press briefing Wednesday, press secretary Caroline Leavitt quickly handed the spotlight to Gabbard, who spoke at length about the Obama administration’s alleged fabrication.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 24 July 2025
Texas Instruments is still in the early stages for its $30 billion 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Sherman.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Others have requested private theaters, hydroponic gardens, fabrication workshops, holding cells, and even in-shelter crematoriums.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 July 2025
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
At a White House press briefing Wednesday, press secretary Caroline Leavitt quickly handed the spotlight to Gabbard, who spoke at length about the Obama administration’s alleged fabrication.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 24 July 2025
Texas Instruments is still in the early stages for its $30 billion 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Sherman.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Others have requested private theaters, hydroponic gardens, fabrication workshops, holding cells, and even in-shelter crematoriums.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
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The source of this tale is a man named Barry (Alpha Oumar Sow), who coaches refugees like Souleymane to lie in their interviews for sympathetic and dramatic effect, and even supplies them with false documents that might corroborate those lies.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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And, sitting here a quarter of the way through the 21st century, that image is a lie.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
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This kind of data delusion and fact fiction is, on the one hand, very sad, the mark of a man too fragile, impotent and incompetent to accept reality or withstand criticism.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The extended edit period, along with reshoots, meant that things in the real world changed during the work on the film, blurring the lines between fact and fiction.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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With all due respect to the pressures of making an unconventional sci-fi film on a tight budget, using ecologically destructive technology for a story of ecological devastation, in which clean water is an increasingly rare resource, adds an unintentionally grim layer of irony to the tale.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
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The two met in secret, and some versions of the story suggest their love lives on only in death, much like the Western tale of Romeo and Juliet.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Aug. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Share stories of lateral moves in company updates—not as policy footnotes but as real growth journeys.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The film is a modern adaptation of which classic science fiction novel?—
Sarah Whitmire,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In both the novel and the report, Afghan fighters—many of them with day jobs as American security contractors—fire from the rooftops as the Marines penetrate a warren of mud-walled compounds.—
Book Marks
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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There are people dressed as recognizable characters from comic books, fantasy movies and TV shows and video games.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Of course, Jon Snow is actually a Targaryen and ends up in a romantic relationship with his aunt, Daenerys Targaryen, in the final seasons of HBO’s hit fantasy drama.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Globalization itself had less to do with trade agreements than with technology—particularly the invention of the shipping container and the spread of broadband.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2025
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The modern electric washing machine is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.—
Margy Rochlin,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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But Annabelle is also haunted by terrifying dreams — ones where her family are affected — and which Annabelle soon realizes aren’t just figments of her imagination, but premonitions of what’s to come.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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