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
Like Richmond, ports in Humboldt, Oakland, Benicia, Stockton, San Francisco and Redwood City, as well as private terminals in Antioch and Pittsburg, have also been identified in a study by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as potential offshore wind manufacturing and fabrication sites.
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Kato and his team solved this by combining careful fabrication with real-time monitoring.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
Quiet luxury enthusiasts have come to rely on options from The Row and Toteme for years, featuring fashion-forward twists such as zippers, seam detailing, and luxe fabrications.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The equipment is used in chip fabrication plants and other factories.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 19 Dec. 2025
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Kato and his team solved this by combining careful fabrication with real-time monitoring.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
Quiet luxury enthusiasts have come to rely on options from The Row and Toteme for years, featuring fashion-forward twists such as zippers, seam detailing, and luxe fabrications.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The equipment is used in chip fabrication plants and other factories.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
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Whenever the president floated some bizarre policy idea, issued a new threat, or told a brazen lie about the state of the economy, Hassett would be one of the first people on cable news justifying it.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Our entire relationship was built on a lie.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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But in fiction, there’s a crew to think about and actors.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2026
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During her time at Old Dominion, Good took advanced courses on creative writing and the craft of fiction, according to one of her professors, Kent Wascom.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Some readers might expect an indictment of fan fiction and celebrity culture; Yi swerves, though, and creates a more searching and subversive tale of love, connection, and art.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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In pitting his offspring against each other in a battle for the family empire Rupert Murdoch became part of a tale as old as time… A tale well told in Gabe Sherman’s Bonfire of the Murdochs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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This single-story home boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and two baths.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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And, once again, fantasies of surgical strikes are yielding to messy realities.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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As that tension escalates, battles — between good and evil, fantasy and reality, collapse and triumph — ensue.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Night Manager season 2 takes the action beyond the pages of le Carré's novel.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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Henry also boarded the adaptation of her novel Happy Place, published a year before Funny Story in April 2023.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Visionary Award recognizes an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed the art and science of VFX to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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The printing press, clocks, muskets — all these inventions changed humankind forever.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Soon, though, her world is turned upside down by an unsettling and persistent stalker — or just a figment of her own fracturing psyche.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Well, here’s something that won’t turn out to be a figment of your imagination: This is the year the curse of ‘Purple shirt guy’ is broken.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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