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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
The DoD is investing another roughly $700 million in chip fabrication and the build out of domestic semiconductor manufacturing, which is critical to the creation of AI chips.
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Bykali Hays, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Now The funding is meant to support the construction of four new fabrication sites in Arizona and Ohio.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Intel subject matter experts and faculty created new classes – manufacturing fundamentals, semiconductor fabrication class, and vacuum systems technology.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
Stretch abilities Stretch is back, though many would say the walls of skinny and slim jeans that remain in a cross-section of retailers is proof that the fabrication never disappeared.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Bykali Hays, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Now The funding is meant to support the construction of four new fabrication sites in Arizona and Ohio.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Intel subject matter experts and faculty created new classes – manufacturing fundamentals, semiconductor fabrication class, and vacuum systems technology.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
Stretch abilities Stretch is back, though many would say the walls of skinny and slim jeans that remain in a cross-section of retailers is proof that the fabrication never disappeared.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Finally, the true beauty of digital lies in its measurability.Aman Gupta, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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And amid the mounting pressure of upholding their family legacy, secrets, lies and hard truths are exposed.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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As the first Black winner of a RITA Award for romantic fiction, Ryan has written bestselling books that showcase beautiful, multifaceted, and nuanced characters.Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
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On the power of seeing and being seen. … Paperback fiction 1.The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The project is heavy on woozy tales of the erotic ups and emotional downs of falling hard, and the deadpan, adrift flows of Scoob and friends, like professional skirt-chaser Shaudy Kash, are like bumping Baby Smoove and Veeze with brain fog.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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But sales also told a tale of two markets, with its domestic and U.S. markets continuing to see slower sales growth, while international and especially Asia have provided new sales growth channels.Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Maybe even more than surprise story of the year Indiana, Arizona State looks interesting in the Playoff given its offensive weaponry.The Athletic College Football, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
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The film is based on the best-selling novel by Freida McFadden and stars two of the hottest actresses of the moment, Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.Paloma González, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
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The series, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, starred Jeff Bridges as veteran and former CIA operative Dan Chase.Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Today’s sentence helps ensure that Shouse’s fantasies won’t become another child’s nightmare for decades to come.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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On Netflix Lovely Runner This romantic time travel fantasy was one of the year’s biggest hits and a surprise hit at that.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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With respect to crypto assets, the invention of Bitcoin and the blockchain—a secure and decentralized digital ledger—and the rise of social media, satisfied the first two requirements, but Wall Street and policymakers remained suspicious of the sector.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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In the late 19th century, before the invention of cinema and radio, every piece of music, performance, oration—even a natural view like a rainbow—was a unique event.Todd Eckert, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
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The sequence lands on a quintessentially Burroughs image of Allerton, here a dream figment, with a glass balancing on his head.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2024
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Falling down the rabbit hole of a quaalude addiction, Callas names a British documentarian doing a story on her life (that is actually a figment of her imagination) after her favorite to take: Mandrax.Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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