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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication
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as in fiction
something that is the product of the imagination
the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Recent Examples of fabrication
But experts have said manufacturing products like iPhones domestically would be a daunting challenge even if the United States had the necessary fabrication plants.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
In Arizona, the Taiwan company is developing six semiconductor fabrication plants, Chron reports.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Polish chronicler Ryszard Kapuściński tried to do for the age of decolonization what Malaparte did for the Second World War, though without winning the same indulgence for fabrication.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Key fabrication and tooling players like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), Samsung, and ASML Holding NV (ASML) remain undervalued by comparison.
—Moneyshow, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
In Arizona, the Taiwan company is developing six semiconductor fabrication plants, Chron reports.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Polish chronicler Ryszard Kapuściński tried to do for the age of decolonization what Malaparte did for the Second World War, though without winning the same indulgence for fabrication.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Key fabrication and tooling players like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), Samsung, and ASML Holding NV (ASML) remain undervalued by comparison.
—Moneyshow, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
Noun
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Basing a political movement on lies and conspiracy theories is inevitably going to come back to haunt you.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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The misinformation, and sometimes blatant lies, being spread around the country could result in someone stepping into a federal operation and suddenly finding themselves face-to-face with a killer who has nothing to lose.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Girl, 1983 is still more deft in its experiments, subverting conventional ideas about fiction’s use of the truth.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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That tale is just one of many in the story that don’t show Joel in an especially flattering light.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 July 2025
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The Coldplay public humiliation is a cautionary tale of atrophied American privacy.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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The extensive new detention policy is also expected to face legal challenges This is a developing story.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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Switching between her college days in 1999 and the present day, the novel tracks Cora’s pull to two men, charming Lincoln and sensitive Aaron.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Published in 2024, the novel was a Reese’s Book Club Pick and made the year’s best lists from Kirkus, Time, NPR, Goodreads and Electric Lit, among others.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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That’s great for the team, but not fantasy managers.—
KC Joyner,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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This fantasy was not unlike the others many young girls my age felt in the early 2010s who were enchanted by One Direction.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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And there's also a de-emphasis of our history of creativity, of innovation, of invention, right?—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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When news of Daguerre’s invention reached England, Talbot was alarmed.—
Anika Burgess
July 17,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.—
Margy Rochlin,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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But Annabelle is also haunted by terrifying dreams — ones where her family are affected — and which Annabelle soon realizes aren’t just figments of her imagination, but premonitions of what’s to come.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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