nonfictional

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Recent Examples of nonfictional Recently, this sacrament has garnered nonfictional attention. Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfictional
Adjective
  • The 7% rule refers to the historical average annual return of the stock market.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What’s being erased are actual historical facts.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Off Course was co-commissioned for the BBC by Catherine Catton, head of factual entertainment and events, and Eddie Doyle, head of Northern Ireland commissioning.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • May acted as his own attorney at a hearing that included prosecutors showing charts explaining in stark, factual ways what was on each video May is charged with distributing.
    Jeffrey Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • It was originally recorded for a documentary film on Kirk that was being made, but the director died, and the tapes with the original engineer in storage for the next 62 years, until now.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Deadline’s virtual fall screening series For the Love of Docs kicks off its sixth season tonight with Antidote, the documentary thriller about Christo Grosev, the investigative journalist pursued around the world by the Kremlin.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What’s happening at a literal level?
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Wellipets collaboration marked Anderson’s most literal play on memory.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Nonfictional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfictional. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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