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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
Lam Research — Shares of the company, which supplies wafer fabrication equipment to semiconductor firms, jumped roughly 4% on the back of a strong fiscal third-quarter financial report.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Cuneo’s anti-Nazi operations, orchestrated from innocuous offices in New York’s Rockefeller Center, helped identify German spy rings and spread British propaganda, including by disseminating fabrications about Berlin’s intentions in Latin America.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Micron needs the money primarily to get the fabrication plant built and the equipment that goes in it.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 24 Apr. 2025
Thousands of stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques about 20,000 years ago, according to a report in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Cuneo’s anti-Nazi operations, orchestrated from innocuous offices in New York’s Rockefeller Center, helped identify German spy rings and spread British propaganda, including by disseminating fabrications about Berlin’s intentions in Latin America.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Micron needs the money primarily to get the fabrication plant built and the equipment that goes in it.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 24 Apr. 2025
Thousands of stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques about 20,000 years ago, according to a report in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
Noun
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The sister discovers this lie and sets out to find the baby for herself.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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Of California’s 280 state parks, 17 lie in San Diego County — and several of those rank high for visitors.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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In this fiction, the Crusades were not waged against Moors, but against elves – a race said to devour the flesh of humans, among other atrocities that are neither confirmed nor denied by the end of the story.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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And the contemporary women’s fiction category, where Reid is often listed, ended 2024 with a nearly 30% increase in sales over 2019 numbers, according to analyst Kristen McLean.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
15 May 2025
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The story splits its time between young Wash's misadventures and the older, adult Wash's tale of first love with a biracial woman, Tanna (Iola Evans), and a brush with danger in the form of bounty hunter, Willard (Billy Boyd).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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While the sight of Lamia carrying around the proud cockerel has the makings of an image straight out of a children’s tale, nothing in the little girl’s life has storybook qualities.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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This story was originally published May 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2025
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Directed by Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, the movie is adapted from the 2017 novel of the same name by Ariana Harwicz.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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Toward the end, the novel takes on some more traditionally Abercrombian twists and turns as hard truths are revealed and new threats emerge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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One of this year’s most unique and original K-dramas is Heavenly Ever After, a quirky romantic fantasy from Studio Phoenix and SLL that vividly imagines life after death.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Wolfgang Petersen's poignant take on The NeverEnding Story might slightly lack the depth and sophistication of its source material — Michael Ende's expansive fantasy novel — but the result is still enchanting escapism, with effects and tricks that hold up pretty well.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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Separating fact from invention is difficult, but there have been rumors that there was more than one murderer, the killing was drug-related and — perhaps most disturbingly — that Driscoll was either dismembered or flayed alive.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Expect to find a wealth of photographic imagery from all corners of the globe, spanning almost two centuries since the invention of photography by Louise Daguerre in 1830 to the present day.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Lopez plays Aurora/Ingrid Luna and the Spider Woman, all figments of the imagination of Molina, who has been jailed during a time of dictatorship in Argentina.—
Natalie Sitek,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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Making matters worse is the fact that her traumas manifest in the shape of her deceased best friend Zoe (Morales) who often shows up as a figment of her imagination.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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