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Recent Examples of fictionalized
To Coimbra, some key questions involved amalgamating real-life characters into fictionalized ones while still honoring victims and survivors, as well as faithfully recreating the look and feel of the time.
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
This book gives a fictionalized account of how a plucky young boy brought that iconic tradition into existence during the 1930s.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
The book, illustrated by AJ Dungo, is a fictionalized account of real-life events.
—Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
The film offers a fictionalized account of the emperor’s rise to the throne after Babur’s death, conflict and alliances with the Rajputs, and his defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
From the steamy streets of Carnival in the late 1970s to the 18th century Arctic tundra and an eerily familiar, fictionalized version of present-day America, this year’s nominees span decades, genres, continents and cultures.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Finally, layered over these two is a fictionalized account of a road trip that Enrigue made with his family to Apache historical sites, including Geronimo’s grave in Lawton, Oklahoma.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Requiem will also return to the blast-scarred remains of Raccoon City, the fictionalized setting that started it all with a zombie outbreak that reshaped the world.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The fictionalized version of his life, Marty Supreme has racked up a heap of nominations, including nine at the forthcoming Academy Awards in March.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
This book gives a fictionalized account of how a plucky young boy brought that iconic tradition into existence during the 1930s.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
The book, illustrated by AJ Dungo, is a fictionalized account of real-life events.
—Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
The film offers a fictionalized account of the emperor’s rise to the throne after Babur’s death, conflict and alliances with the Rajputs, and his defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
From the steamy streets of Carnival in the late 1970s to the 18th century Arctic tundra and an eerily familiar, fictionalized version of present-day America, this year’s nominees span decades, genres, continents and cultures.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Finally, layered over these two is a fictionalized account of a road trip that Enrigue made with his family to Apache historical sites, including Geronimo’s grave in Lawton, Oklahoma.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Requiem will also return to the blast-scarred remains of Raccoon City, the fictionalized setting that started it all with a zombie outbreak that reshaped the world.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The fictionalized version of his life, Marty Supreme has racked up a heap of nominations, including nine at the forthcoming Academy Awards in March.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictionalized
Adjective
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Gemmill echoed the sentiment, emphasizing that the priority is maintaining the realism of the show, which centers on a fictional hospital in Pittsburgh.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Apr. 2026
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Then again, an especially good fictional song can come to feel more real than its story of origin.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Investigators allege Gonzalez wrote checks to herself from HOA accounts over an extended period and concealed the thefts by creating fictitious invoices and false ledger entries.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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One requires election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The hypothetical study of how humans and extraterrestrials might communicate is a real scientific field, called xenolinguistics, that includes researchers from linguistics, animal communication, and anthropology.—
Tara Haelle,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2026
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Yet, primordial black holes remain frustratingly hypothetical despite being first proposed by Stephen Hawking in the 1970s.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Without that information, conclusions about feasibility are at best speculative.—
Charles Rilli,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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When speculative trades piled in, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia were forced to abandon their currency pegs, triggering cascading defaults and deep economic contractions that were worsened by International Monetary Fund austerity programs.—
Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Fictionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictionalized. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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