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as in lies
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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as in fictions
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 fabrications
While some were obvious fabrications, meant to aggrandize the narrator by his association with Tsietsi, most seemed true.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Lace and embroidered fabrications give a naked dress a light layer of romance without weighing the look down.
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Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
These longer fibers can be spun into finer, smoother and more durable yarns, securing Egyptian cotton’s place in high-end shirting, bedding, and premium fabrications.
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Kaja Grujic,
Vogue,
4 June 2026
The 37-year-old former Republican congressman from New York ran for office telling a series of lies and fabrications about his personal life.
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Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 June 2026
One potential way of combating such AI fabrications is with AI.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
The report also considers which shades best complement the drapey, lightweight fabrications gaining traction in the market.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
But Morganroth’s previous stops in at least four states and numerous publications were also marked by falsehoods and fabrications about her background, The Denver Post found.
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Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
As models have grown more complex, some hallucinate with more persuasive fabrications.
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Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Lace and embroidered fabrications give a naked dress a light layer of romance without weighing the look down.
—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
These longer fibers can be spun into finer, smoother and more durable yarns, securing Egyptian cotton’s place in high-end shirting, bedding, and premium fabrications.
—
Kaja Grujic,
Vogue,
4 June 2026
The 37-year-old former Republican congressman from New York ran for office telling a series of lies and fabrications about his personal life.
—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 June 2026
One potential way of combating such AI fabrications is with AI.
—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
The report also considers which shades best complement the drapey, lightweight fabrications gaining traction in the market.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
But Morganroth’s previous stops in at least four states and numerous publications were also marked by falsehoods and fabrications about her background, The Denver Post found.
—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
As models have grown more complex, some hallucinate with more persuasive fabrications.
—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrications
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What makes this town’s culinary history so unique lies within its deep ties to the university.
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Prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his crumbling legal and financial world as years of thefts and lies were closing in on him.
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Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
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The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
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Daily tales of war and violence around the world made one want to clench one’s fists, grit one’s teeth, and to shout out in a paean of outraged hysteria.
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Hopefully, these three will be among the final cautionary tales of poor draft decisions.
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Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.
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Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest.
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Along the way, the system will also share local stories tied to each place.
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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.
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The Wright brothers launched their airplane factory at a time when Dayton had established itself as one of the world's most innovative cities, according to Lockhart, who noted that Dayton was the home of several world-changing inventions at the time.
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Creativity gives rise to technological progress and transformative inventions, which provide a new driving force for the economy and a focal point for investors.
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The novel has a freewheeling spirit that recalls Italo Calvino’s space fables in Cosmicomics.
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The collection spans centuries of storytelling in multiple genres, from migratory fairytales with kings and princesses to legends of ghosts and the Devil to fables with talking animals.
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“Fabrications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrications. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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