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Recent Examples of fictionalized
The movie is based on Colleen Hoover's book of the same name, which is a fictionalized retelling of her family's experience with domestic violence.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Dahmer, similarly, was accused of exploiting the murders in a fictionalized way that some believed even glorified him as a killer in some ways.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
My second pitch is a little more left-of-center and would involve Maher again playing a version of herself, albeit in a more fictionalized, rom-com narrative.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
One of the questions that Driver posed about defining love through a relationship — real or fictionalized — unearthed a playful and insightful answer.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
My previous response was an attempt to provide a creative and fictionalized piece of trivia about Lincoln to add an interesting twist to the description.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The comedy, which sees David playing a fictionalized and exaggerated version of himself, launched in 2000 and ran for eight seasons.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
The 30-minute film is based on true events and boasts fictionalized characters.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
Calderón and Larraín playfully recap Pinochet’s colorful fictionalized past, stretching back to his origins as a soldier in the army of Louis XVI, opportunistically switching sides during the French Revolution and collecting a souvenir from the guillotining of Marie Antoinette.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Dahmer, similarly, was accused of exploiting the murders in a fictionalized way that some believed even glorified him as a killer in some ways.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
My second pitch is a little more left-of-center and would involve Maher again playing a version of herself, albeit in a more fictionalized, rom-com narrative.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
One of the questions that Driver posed about defining love through a relationship — real or fictionalized — unearthed a playful and insightful answer.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
My previous response was an attempt to provide a creative and fictionalized piece of trivia about Lincoln to add an interesting twist to the description.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The comedy, which sees David playing a fictionalized and exaggerated version of himself, launched in 2000 and ran for eight seasons.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
The 30-minute film is based on true events and boasts fictionalized characters.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
Calderón and Larraín playfully recap Pinochet’s colorful fictionalized past, stretching back to his origins as a soldier in the army of Louis XVI, opportunistically switching sides during the French Revolution and collecting a souvenir from the guillotining of Marie Antoinette.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictionalized
Adjective
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Ukraine is a fictional state...the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.—
Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Terms & Conditions, a kinetic blend of a fictional Afro-futurist narrative, archival research on decades of Black visual and multimedia work, and personal history.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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It’s described as a biopic, but Peppiatt admits some parts of the story are fictitious.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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Detectives also found that Labelle allegedly altered several documents and provided the homeowner with fictitious receipts to deceive them, according to Riley.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Kuzma was posed that hypothetical Sunday night, after the loss to the Kings.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The vast majority of cosmologists believe all of these phenomena can be explained through the presence of dark matter, a hypothetical form of matter that is massive, electrically neutral and hardly, if ever, interacts with normal matter.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The meltdown of the office market in the years after the coronavirus outbreak, however, rendered a speculative office development unfeasible.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Or does its unlikely real-world utility qualify it as an art project, meant to exist mostly in the realm of the speculative, or of aspirational ideals?—
Oskar Oprey,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Fictionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictionalized. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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