as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales?
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Recent Examples of fairy tale
The Detroit Tigers are off to a dream start after their fairy tale run to the American League playoffs last season.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
She was twice expelled from convent schools, and favored reading Irish fairy tales, Lewis Carroll, and Beatrix Potter over learning how to become the perfect debutante.
—Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
With her son, Daniel Kairys, MD, a general surgeon and a natural storyteller, Kairys began crafting children’s stories, inspired by her global travels for her work in maternal and child healthcare and her childhood love of fairy tales.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Joe is a grown man who unironically believes in fairy tales.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
She was twice expelled from convent schools, and favored reading Irish fairy tales, Lewis Carroll, and Beatrix Potter over learning how to become the perfect debutante.
—Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
With her son, Daniel Kairys, MD, a general surgeon and a natural storyteller, Kairys began crafting children’s stories, inspired by her global travels for her work in maternal and child healthcare and her childhood love of fairy tales.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Joe is a grown man who unironically believes in fairy tales.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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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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The sister discovers this lie and sets out to find the baby for herself.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
Noun
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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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“Fairy tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20tale. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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