as in fantasies
something that is the product of the imagination
most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact
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Recent Examples of fictions
The curiosity, sensitivity, and imagination of children will always demand new and ambitious fictions.
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Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Fascism spins the greatest fictions of all time—about race, about origins, about past and future glories—and people eat them up.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Even if negative themes do bring money in, scientists need to be guided by fact, not convenient fictions.
—John L. Gittleman, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
But these have always been legal fictions.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The fictions that result, many so small and meaningless, can be accepted without much trouble.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
Worries about fictions created by artificial intelligence used to prepare legal documents have plagued the legal community for the past few years, as the public’s infatuation with the generative technology has grown.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Fascism spins the greatest fictions of all time—about race, about origins, about past and future glories—and people eat them up.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Even if negative themes do bring money in, scientists need to be guided by fact, not convenient fictions.
—John L. Gittleman, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
But these have always been legal fictions.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The fictions that result, many so small and meaningless, can be accepted without much trouble.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
Worries about fictions created by artificial intelligence used to prepare legal documents have plagued the legal community for the past few years, as the public’s infatuation with the generative technology has grown.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictions
Noun
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While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Known for its signature vibrant psychedelic prints, the designs are summer personified, enticing fans with fantasies of wearing them by the pool, Aperol spritz in hand.—
Diana Tsui,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Because either McCluskie is one heck of a con man who rolled both Becerra and Williamson, making both believe what was happening was kosher with entirely different tales, or someone isn’t being entirely honest.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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But even Black athletes whose athleticism gifted them an extremely exclusive express lane in life can tell you stories about growing up a minority in America, or tales their parents or grandparents have told.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Through their discussions, and the essays and stories that they were assigned to write each week, Heidi came to know her students’ pain.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Each day, they are filled with one-dimensional stories of beatings, stabbing and shootings — all sad accounts of a city in decline.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Money from the bond would go toward research in wildfire and pandemic preparedness, new medical treatments and other areas, with revenue from inventions shared with the state.—
Felicia Mello,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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In fact, feathers are one of evolution’s cleverest inventions.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Fortnum & Mason does not need a goose from Aesop’s fables to have a golden egg.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The report also considers which shades best complement the drapey, lightweight fabrications gaining traction in the market.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
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But Morganroth’s previous stops in at least four states and numerous publications were also marked by falsehoods and fabrications about her background, The Denver Post found.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Boone is relentlessly hounded by figments of his guilty memory, by other ghosts, and by his daughter—all of whom emphasize his nefarious role in delaying action to combat climate change.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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