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Recent Examples of fictive
Then there are the books that are fictive, existing only within other books.
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Tidy narratives of progress—always somewhat fictive, useful to journalists and publicists more than to consumers and artists—started to degrade.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
But that doesn’t mean all the practices, people and places depicted in the poem are fully fictive.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Tidy narratives of progress—always somewhat fictive, useful to journalists and publicists more than to consumers and artists—started to degrade.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
But that doesn’t mean all the practices, people and places depicted in the poem are fully fictive.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictive
Adjective
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The viewer doesn’t hold all that much sway over Stefan’s outcomes, but the illusory nature of free will is part of the point Bandersnatch is trying to make.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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But in the case of Sudan’s current civil war, any hope that negotiations, if they can be started, will result in lasting peace is illusory.—
Mai Hassan,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His voice and guitar strums spark a hallucinatory sequence in which different times collide.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Alcock has appeared in seven total episodes of House of the Dragon playing a young Rhaenyra Targaryen before being replaced by Emma D’Arcy as her older counterpart, reappearing only in a hallucinatory Daemon dream sequence.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
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For instance, pediatric long COVID — also called MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — may happen two to six weeks after coronavirus infection and develop even if symptoms are mild or nonexistent.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
28 May 2025
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Thanks to an offense that has been virtually nonexistent, the Angels were swept by the New York Yankees, losing 1-0 in the series finale on Wednesday night.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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Payment providers can face significant card brand penalties if they are found to facilitate deceptive behavior.—
Rochelle Blease,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Don't fall prey to deceptive marketing language and inflated MSRP prices—our tips only take a few moments.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
12 June 2025
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When Devon essentially goes undercover as a Michaela disciple to keep an eye on Simone, Fahy gets to embody a friction between her character’s actual and feigned personalities that’s delightful to watch.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Fictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictive. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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