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restricted to or based on fact
a nonfictional account of a disastrous ascent of Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of nonfictional
Pee-Wee as Himself, the 2025 Emmy award winner for best documentary or nonfictional special, is also among the nominees.
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Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
That delirious excess befits the essence of Lapid’s method, which is a fusion of fiction with indigestibly and irreducibly nonfictional elements.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
The days at the fictional Oak Canyon Ranch Retreat in the nonfictional Agoura Hills are loaded with incident — the retreat itself is essentially sleepaway camp, including pool time, games, a cookout, a talent show — and disasters.
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Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Significant experiment The effort is part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, a nonfictional experiment with detectors that will be immersed in huge baths of cryogenic liquid argon, which is going the opposite direction — down.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
But what was more interesting to me are those who aren’t fantasizing about being in a fictional world, but who are fantasizing about being a different reader, in a more secure nonfictional world.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
13 Jan. 2026
Recently, this sacrament has garnered nonfictional attention.
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Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
That delirious excess befits the essence of Lapid’s method, which is a fusion of fiction with indigestibly and irreducibly nonfictional elements.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
The days at the fictional Oak Canyon Ranch Retreat in the nonfictional Agoura Hills are loaded with incident — the retreat itself is essentially sleepaway camp, including pool time, games, a cookout, a talent show — and disasters.
—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Significant experiment The effort is part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, a nonfictional experiment with detectors that will be immersed in huge baths of cryogenic liquid argon, which is going the opposite direction — down.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
But what was more interesting to me are those who aren’t fantasizing about being in a fictional world, but who are fantasizing about being a different reader, in a more secure nonfictional world.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
13 Jan. 2026
Recently, this sacrament has garnered nonfictional attention.
—
Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfictional
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The calendar includes America's Block Party events, festivals, historical programs, exhibits and community gatherings scheduled across the country.
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This was a historical diagnosis for deaths attributed to old age in the early 1900s.
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Award-winning factual producer Proper Content is set to shutter amid tough market conditions.
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Sotomayor, writing for the liberal justices, accused the majority of cutting the litigation short and argued that unresolved factual questions should have been returned to the lower courts.
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That judge later barred the Secretary of Defense from requiring documentary proof of citizenship when military personnel register to vote or request ballots.
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Paul Dugdale directed, with documentary segments from Farah X, and Live Nation Studios produced.
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Sharks sit at the top of this literal chain reaction, integrators of everything below them in their predator role, accumulating what the system carries.
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For the Dar al Funoon, its inviting nature is communicated through form instead of literal transparency.
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“Nonfictional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfictional. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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