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Recent Examples of nonhistorical
The closest nonhistorical portrayals to Washington’s role among recent winners are probably Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club and Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart.
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Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 3 Mar. 2018
Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 3 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhistorical
Adjective
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In the 21st century, however, historians mistook the code word for a code name and gave the pretexts their unhistorical handle.—
Ken Hughes,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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Well, certainly the most unhistorical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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The two bonded over Crane’s adoration of the 1930s fictional detective Nero Wolfe and the formative subject of their fathers.—
Annie Vainshtein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Getting cleared of a gruesome crime has boosted his social cache in his upper-class neighborhood of Westmont Village, a fictional New York suburb.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One requires election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Increasingly, human resources departments noticed that applicants used the résumé to tell white lies, and even bigger fibs, listing fictitious degrees, fake promotions and other embellishments.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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John Preskill, a senior theoretical physicist at the university with a long history in the field of quantum error correction, advised the group.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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That alone suggests Google expects quantum computing to be close enough to move from a theoretical problem to a practical one, which means other companies will almost certainly take note and follow suit.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The film’s speculative elements — monoliths accelerating human evolution — were philosophical rather than scientific.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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Another attraction to American investors is the English game’s financial chaos, itself exacerbated by the speculative frenzy and dire stakes inherent in promotion/relegation.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The anxiety is no longer hypothetical.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Summit County Commissioner Eric Mamula warned that the concern is no longer hypothetical.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This book gives a fictionalized account of how a plucky young boy brought that iconic tradition into existence during the 1930s.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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The book, illustrated by AJ Dungo, is a fictionalized account of real-life events.—
Tahneer Oksman,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues.—
Erik Wemple,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2022
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Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2022
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“Nonhistorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhistorical. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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