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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
But now, under the Bivens Act, the protester can sue the federal agent for false arrest, malicious prosecution, evidence fabrication, and excessive force.
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Joel B. Rudin,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Mastery of aviation’s uncompromising structural codes and fabrication standards is an asset for any studio.
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The Editors,
Robb Report,
27 June 2026
My fabrication background spans machining, CNC programming, welding, and brazing.
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Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
Meanwhile, boosting chip supplies is difficult due to manufacturers' limited production capacity and the enormous expense of building semiconductor fabrication facilities, which can cost $10 billion and take up to five years to complete.
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Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
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Joel B. Rudin,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Mastery of aviation’s uncompromising structural codes and fabrication standards is an asset for any studio.
—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
27 June 2026
My fabrication background spans machining, CNC programming, welding, and brazing.
—
Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
Meanwhile, boosting chip supplies is difficult due to manufacturers' limited production capacity and the enormous expense of building semiconductor fabrication facilities, which can cost $10 billion and take up to five years to complete.
—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabrication
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The plane also includes a spacious press cabin, according to a pool reporter onboard, with lie-flat seats that feature a massage function and individual TV screens.
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The press cabin contains 14 lie-flat pods, including large tan leather seats with luxury features such as lumbar supports and massage functions.
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Weir takes readers on an adventure through this science-fiction survival story about a junior high science teacher who wakes up aboard a spaceship with amnesia.
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Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.
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In the hands of Gillespie — whose specialty is edgy female-empowerment tales like the Oscar-winning I, Tonya and Cruella as well as the Emmy-winning Hulu series Pam & Tommy — how could the new Supergirl go wrong?
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The final score doesn't tell the tale of this game.
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This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Gil was trapped beneath more than 100 tons of rubble after the partial collapse of the Galerias Playa Grande commercial center, which includes buildings nine and four stories tall.
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Possibly the biggest Korean release of the summer, this dark fantasy historical thriller stars Nam Joo-hyuk as Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the world of ghosts, alongside Roh Yoon-seo as Saeng-gang, a court lady carrying a dangerous secret.
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Sometimes that player fantasy can be expressed through a simple toy that just feels good, briefly.
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Organizing an exhibition is more like editing an anthology than writing a novel.
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The film also looks at the parallel career of author John Steinbeck, who wrote often of migrant workers in California, culminating in his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
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Six years before Karl Benz’s first car and almost two decades prior to Henry Ford’s initial inventions, George Selden filed the first patent for a road engine, in 1879.
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The forces of ignorance and grift even managed to turn parts of Americans against vaccines, arguably the single most life-saving medical invention in human history.
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That wasn’t a figment of the imagination.
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Fear is a figment of your imagination.
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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabrication. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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