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Recent Examples of apocryphal
More pointedly, Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt adds the grotesquerie of archaic beauty practices — both real and apocryphal — to create a feminist body-horror parable akin to last year’s The Substance.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
As the — perhaps apocryphal — origin story goes, Pihl came up with the idea while gazing out of the window from her workshop bench.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The book is apocryphal, a non-canonical text that deals with Jesus’ adolescence, something not found in the Bible.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Magnolia is trying just that with The Carpenter’s Son, writer and director Lotfy Nathan’s life of teenage Jesus story based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a obscure apocryphal gospel.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
As the — perhaps apocryphal — origin story goes, Pihl came up with the idea while gazing out of the window from her workshop bench.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The book is apocryphal, a non-canonical text that deals with Jesus’ adolescence, something not found in the Bible.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Magnolia is trying just that with The Carpenter’s Son, writer and director Lotfy Nathan’s life of teenage Jesus story based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a obscure apocryphal gospel.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocryphal
Adjective
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Out of these theories, the last seemed the most speculative, personal, and, therefore, pertinent.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Although in-hand images aren’t yet available, a speculative mock-up was provided which is said to accurately depict the upcoming release.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Moore said that no matter how famous a host or a guest is, or how elaborate and slick a production is, an unauthentic product will not resonate with audiences.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Inaccurate debunks Amid the recycled imagery, authentic pictures of National Guard members sleeping on the floor of a federal building in Los Angeles this week were falsely described as old or unauthentic.—
Emma Li,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
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Polls show Donalds and Moody both ahead against any hypothetical Democratic opponent, and both are expected to be well funded, with plenty of national GOP support.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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The catch is that those tools have to be applied to real decisions, not hypothetical ones.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Trump demonizes immigrants and has launched a sweeping mass-deportation campaign that was cheered by the far right across Europe; Sánchez resists such nativism, and his government is in the midst of a program to give legal status to some half a million undocumented migrants living in Spain.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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In fact, East says, the larger economic effect comes from the fact that the undocumented immigrants who remain here have been scared to go about business as usual.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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The Laurens purchased their first home at Jamaica’s legendary Round Hill Resort near Montego Bay in the mid-1990s, beginning a decades-long relationship with the storied Caribbean property.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 May 2026
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The actor, 54, who physically embodies the iconic bounty hunter in The Mandalorian & Grogu, tells PEOPLE about finding out his grandfather, legendary actor John Wayne, had his own place in the universe.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Early explorations of the theme included self-portraits EXPORT made in male drag, as well as forays in poetry and theoretical feminist texts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 May 2026
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But the new one is no longer theoretical.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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As with many things in the Boots Riley universe, the hats are partly fanciful and partly practical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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An underdeveloped subplot sees Temir befriend Alika (Jaliyah Richards), a self-conscious Nigerian-American girl from his wrestling class, while a contrastingly fanciful one concerns Azik’s capturing of a likewise far-from-home pelican to cheer up the heavily pregnant and bone-weary Zalya.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Bled, Slovenia Picturesque Bled looks like a mythical landscape dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm.—
Anne Olivia Bauso,
Travel + Leisure,
21 May 2026
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Curated by Bruno Gaudichon, former longtime director of La Piscine museum in the north of France, the show transforms the gallery into a poetic forest inhabited by sculptural furniture, animals and mythic references spanning Europe and Asia.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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“Apocryphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocryphal. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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