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Recent Examples of nondocumentary
The seventh nondocumentary feature by Wright made its way to theaters on October 29, after having been delayed twice by distributor Focus Features over pandemic concerns.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2021
Chris Lee, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondocumentary
Adjective
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Combs was in good company among the parents of Rosewood, Pa., the fictional setting for Pretty Little Liars' seven seasons of backstabbings and betrayals.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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As a thriller-comedy-drama set in a luxurious (fictional) hotel chain with some of the world’s most beautiful locations as the backdrop, fans are desperate to know where The White Lotus season three will be set.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Morgan & Morgan, the firm that puts up those annoying Philly billboards, was fined after one of their lawyers admitted to using an AI program that generated fictitious case citations in a legal filing.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Putin cannot refuse a ceasefire, without losing the fictitious moral high ground.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For The Other To Blink Given the view in Europe that Trump is abandoning NATO in favor of the Kremlin, in a hypothetical future conflict with Russia, Europe might worry that the U.S. could cut off spare parts and updates for the F-35, Aboulafia says.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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And Billups, to cite that hypothetical, might do a great job.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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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
Adjective
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This isn’t just theoretical—Ben & Jerry’s founders have openly discussed buying back the brand from Unilever.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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For them, a theoretical risk has already become an all too personal one.—
Ron Lieber,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Black Mirror evokes anthology series like The Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories with speculative, offbeat tales that draw upon sci-fi, thriller, and horror tropes to satirize culture and interrogate moral and ethical quandaries.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Clarity prevents reactive shifts, such as chasing speculative trends or overcorrecting after market downturns.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Saying that ending our 43-year involvement [with] the EU is somehow going to fundamentally change this deep relationship between our two countries is completely unhistorical.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
10 July 2016
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Well, certainly the most unhistorical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2022
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“Nondocumentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondocumentary. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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