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Recent Examples of fictive
Then there are the books that are fictive, existing only within other books.
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Tidy narratives of progress—always somewhat fictive, useful to journalists and publicists more than to consumers and artists—started to degrade.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
But that doesn’t mean all the practices, people and places depicted in the poem are fully fictive.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Tidy narratives of progress—always somewhat fictive, useful to journalists and publicists more than to consumers and artists—started to degrade.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
But that doesn’t mean all the practices, people and places depicted in the poem are fully fictive.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictive
Adjective
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For years, the only mechanisms available for relief from a federal firearms disability were the all but impossible pardon, seemingly illusory expungement that did not satisfy federal requirements, or an expensive and uncertain route of litigation.—
Mandy Taheri
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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The Aries moon inspires you while also casting an illusory haze.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.—
Irenosen Okojie
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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But the sound and lighting effects get rather heavy-handed during Josh’s hallucinatory meltdowns.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
Adjective
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Evidence in cases before 1975 is nonexistent, Weaver said.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Research from the European Central Bank in 2023 found the same nonexistent relationship between wars and oil prices.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
24 June 2025
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Amazon has prevailed in a class-action lawsuit that accused it of engaging in deceptive trade practices.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
19 July 2025
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Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office sent CBZ and its constituent companies several subpoenas in September as investigators probed the chronically unsafe conditions of the companies’ properties, as well as allegations from tenants that CBZ had engaged in insurance fraud and deceptive practices.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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When Devon essentially goes undercover as a Michaela disciple to keep an eye on Simone, Fahy gets to embody a friction between her character’s actual and feigned personalities that’s delightful to watch.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Fictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictive. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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