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 company will present choreographer Elizabeth Wistrich’s retelling of the Russian fairy tale, danced to Igor Stravinsky’s famous score.
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
These lamington cupcakes are a fuzzy delight, resembling cartoon rabbits from a fairy tale.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Quiet Dell is about death, death, death and death, in a lost time, with so many aspects of dark Gothic fairy tale—that were actually true.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
These lamington cupcakes are a fuzzy delight, resembling cartoon rabbits from a fairy tale.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Quiet Dell is about death, death, death and death, in a lost time, with so many aspects of dark Gothic fairy tale—that were actually true.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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Having to fight and co-exist with those hell-bent on spewing lies and attention-grabbing hyperbole only clouds up the room, ruins the mood and takes away minutes from those who have been tackling real problems that truly need their government’s help.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Yesteryear is narrated by a woman named Natalie Heller Mills, a Ballerina Farm facsimile who is pregnant with her sixth child at the beginning of the novel, and whose pixel-perfect online life as @YesteryearRanch is essentially all a lie.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
Noun
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That’s easier to accomplish the further the plot moves away from a diplomatic incident involving several national institutions and toward an occasionally absurd — but absorbing and well-paced — tale of individuals in over their heads.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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San Diego County can once again be a model of fiscal responsibility — not a cautionary tale.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Galvin later confronted the man who had messaged Kianna, who told her several different stories, according to Childs’ report.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, and reviewed and distributed by Stacker.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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“Fairy tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20tale. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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