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
But that story would be a fairy tale, and while the rom-com is plenty fantastical, it is anchored in real life.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Yet improbably, the Danes transform this bitterly cold season into one seemingly out of a fairy tale.
—Carinne Geil Botta, Vogue, 31 July 2025
Cincinnati Ballet: 'Snow White' Bring the whole family to this one-hour, narrated ballet of the treasured fairy tale of a jealous queen, her beautiful stepdaughter and a kiss from a handsome prince.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Early buzz suggests a darkly comedic fairy tale about a father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) who stumble upon a unicorn carcass.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Yet improbably, the Danes transform this bitterly cold season into one seemingly out of a fairy tale.
—Carinne Geil Botta, Vogue, 31 July 2025
Cincinnati Ballet: 'Snow White' Bring the whole family to this one-hour, narrated ballet of the treasured fairy tale of a jealous queen, her beautiful stepdaughter and a kiss from a handsome prince.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Early buzz suggests a darkly comedic fairy tale about a father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) who stumble upon a unicorn carcass.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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The source of this tale is a man named Barry (Alpha Oumar Sow), who coaches refugees like Souleymane to lie in their interviews for sympathetic and dramatic effect, and even supplies them with false documents that might corroborate those lies.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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And, sitting here a quarter of the way through the 21st century, that image is a lie.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
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The two met in secret, and some versions of the story suggest their love lives on only in death, much like the Western tale of Romeo and Juliet.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Aug. 2025
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With all due respect to the pressures of making an unconventional sci-fi film on a tight budget, using ecologically destructive technology for a story of ecological devastation, in which clean water is an increasingly rare resource, adds an unintentionally grim layer of irony to the tale.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Share stories of lateral moves in company updates—not as policy footnotes but as real growth journeys.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Fairy tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20tale. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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