fictionalized

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Recent Examples of fictionalized The Emmy-winning Apple TV series, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, gives viewers an inside look into a fictionalized world of morning television. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 The series follows a fictionalized version of the Westies, a small Irish-American gang in the mid- to late-20th century whose ruthlessness and brutality gave them an outsized reputation. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 July 2026 And the semi-fictionalized life of Alicia Keys storms across the stage to the tune of her hits and new songs. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 22 June 2026 The 1940 novel Darkness at Noon is a fictionalized but highly realistic account of a Soviet official who is arrested under Stalin, is charged with wild anti-Soviet conspiracies, and ultimately chooses to give a public confession. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fictionalized
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  1. fictional
  2. fictitious
  3. hypothetical
  4. speculative
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  • The path of the 2027 total solar eclipse will cross southern Tunisia, where several locations were used to bring the fictional desert planet Tatooine to life.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The books are based in the fictional, haunted, historic lakeside town of Wharton; Season 1 of the series will adapt Webb’s book The End of Temperance Dare.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of fictional
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  • This Lincolnian view of the war—that the United States was perpetual and that the Confederate States of America was a fictitious, farcical nation—has led to various historical interpretations ever since, among historians and laypeople alike.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The series will be set in a fictitious Barneys in Beverly Hills, not New York, and the real founding family of the retailer, the Pressman family, has no involvement, the spokesperson said.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fictitious
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  • The Supreme Court Despite being asked several times on the campaign trail—thanks to the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia in February 2016—Clinton never revealed her hypothetical pick for late justice’s Supreme Court seat.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Often called Planet Nine—poking fun at professional astronomers’ 2006 demotion of Pluto from being the solar system’s ninth planet—this hypothetical body’s existence has been hotly debated, though that hasn’t slowed the search.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of hypothetical
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  • These smaller upstart computing providers are more speculative bets on the AI boom, with weaker balance sheets than the incumbent megacaps.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • She may have been sold to an out-of-state game farm, said sources who spoke to Outdoor Life on the condition that they wouldn’t be identified based on the speculative nature of their hunches.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
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“Fictionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictionalized. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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