as in fantasy
something that is the product of the imagination
most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact
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Recent Examples of fiction
They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty.
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Steven Knight’s historical series blends real history and fiction to bring alive London’s underworld, during an era when female thieves and professional boxing helped to usher in the 20th century.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Paperbacks and juvenile fiction are 25 cents or five for $1.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Upham enjoys teaching cycling classes, running, reading fiction, and making playlists.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Steven Knight’s historical series blends real history and fiction to bring alive London’s underworld, during an era when female thieves and professional boxing helped to usher in the 20th century.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Paperbacks and juvenile fiction are 25 cents or five for $1.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Upham enjoys teaching cycling classes, running, reading fiction, and making playlists.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiction
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The Film Says A Lot Without Saying Much This is a fantasy adventure film that involves mythical creatures.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
18 Apr. 2025
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Heisserer most recently served as the showrunner, executive producer and writer of the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone, based on Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling Grishaverse novels.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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That said, the tale of how a crude blue cartoon bear ran for office and actually did well despite common sense became far more relevant once Donald Trump began campaigning for the presidency.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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Anthologies had all but vanished from regular TV programming, and the idea of a series without recurring characters or story arcs didn’t neatly fit into the standard categories.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Our goal this episode was ending certain stories in climactic ways, yet building a platform for the show to leap off.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Austen’s second novel follows Elizabeth Bennet, an unmarried woman and the second of five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet from Hertfordshire, near London.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Flanagan has adapted numerous novels from King in the past, including The Life of Chuck, The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Add to that the need to build factories and fabrication plants for microchips.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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Instead, each case involved egregious misconduct, including the wholesale fabrication of news stories.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Tortoise And The Hare Anyone familiar with the famous Aesop fable knows that the tortoise uses smarts and diligence to beat the hare.—
Gerry Spitzer,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Based on the fable of Pegasus, the seven-part work is told through dance, music, puppetry and cinema.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Just a short walk from the soundstage where the cast was filming that climactic scene is a workshop containing some of Reed's inventions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Betty’s world is introduced with real decor, like a big grey bed and an amusingly goofy invention of Grampy’s, but the handmade quality falls by the wayside as most of the rest of David Rockwell’s sets are conjured via that old menace, the big flat LED screen.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Making matters worse is the fact that her traumas manifest in the shape of her deceased best friend Zoe (Morales) who often shows up as a figment of her imagination.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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And with great fondness for Firth, who turns up as a wistful figment in a handful of scenes, this tragedy is the best thing that could have happened to the franchise.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiction. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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