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
Sponsored by the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the award honors exceptional work and encompasses fiction, travel writing, memoir and diary.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Realist fiction should use real brand names, Wallace believed.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
By creating an original fiction, ‘conceptualism’ posits its special non-empirical existence as a positive (transcendent) value.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 Feb. 2025
The novelist and translator Thuận, who writes in Vietnamese and French and lives in Paris, had published seven translations of her books in France before any of her fiction made it into English.
—Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Realist fiction should use real brand names, Wallace believed.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
By creating an original fiction, ‘conceptualism’ posits its special non-empirical existence as a positive (transcendent) value.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 Feb. 2025
The novelist and translator Thuận, who writes in Vietnamese and French and lives in Paris, had published seven translations of her books in France before any of her fiction made it into English.
—Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiction
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Many of the archival clips had been featured in one or more of the prior anniversary shows, like Martin and Gilda Radner frantically dancing together at a bar, or a short film where Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks shared a fantasy waltz.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2025
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Heralded for its visuals, the fantasy feature follows a young deity who defies destiny and wields supernatural powers to protect his people from his formidable foes.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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Notably, there was zero mention of Baldoni or his company, Wayfarer Studios, which had brought on Sony to market and distribute their adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel about a woman caught up in an intertwining tale of new love and domestic abuse.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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Icelandic helmer Baltasar Kormákur directed the first episode and was heavily involved in the series, which brings an historical tale of Harold, Earl of Wessex (Norton), and William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), to life.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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This story was originally published February 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2025
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Reuters This story has been updated with additional information.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Adapted from the Jenny Han young adult novels, the series follows teenage Belly (Lola Tung) caught between which brother to give her heart to – Conrad (Christopher Briney) or Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno).—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Even Gizelle called it out, saying Mia’s fabrications always seem a little too convenient for the storyline.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
24 Feb. 2025
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And then, the shipyard, operating in the shadow of HII’s busy Ingalls vessel fabrication facility and down the road from Austal USA’s thriving manufacturing site in Mobile, Alabama, may not have the workers needed to take on such a big project.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The bad news is that the same level of attention and care does not appear to have been extended to the story or the characters, which is lethal for something that’s supposed to be a modern-day fable.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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All this recalls the fable of the boy who cried wolf once too often.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The story of Zoe Bryce and Toby Withers, inventions of the hazy mind of Thora Pattern, could struggle to break the surface of the novel.—
Audrey Wollen,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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This was Thales, the invention of a bubbly Italian named Nicola Privato.—
Matthew Sherrill,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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And, specifically, a figment of Neko Case’s imagination.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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Williams will play Earl, a cigar-chomping, human-size anthropomorphic toad who may or may not be a figment of the boys’ imaginations.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiction. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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