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fabricate

[fab-ri-kayt] / ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt /




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County’s district attorney and the State Bar after The Times reported last fall that some of its clients said they’d been paid to sue, and, in some cases, fabricate their claims against the county.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"This nonequilibrium fabrication approach enables us to fabricate materials from alloy vapor to a solid, introducing a significant number of dislocations in CoAl," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

The domestic slab industry mainly serves the luxury market while American companies that import and fabricate quartz serve the middle market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

And why MedPac — an independent body overseen by leading healthcare professionals from across all parts of the industry, from doctors to nursing organizations to health insurers themselves — would fabricate these numbers is unexplained.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

I learned quickly, however, what I was expected to do with the doll: rock it, fabricate storied situations around it, even sleep with it.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, fabricates roughly 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Exiled by Astoria to the garage, Hampton fabricates his special drill as the family watches from afar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

To print a new material from scratch, one must typically set up to 100 parameters in software that controls how the printer will extrude the material as it fabricates an object.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

However, Javi grossly fabricates his role in all of this and enjoys the rewards until they blow up in his face.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2024

She is very active in her movements, and fabricates numerous useful and ornamental articles, which she disposes of for her mother's benefit.

From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

Finally, the scientists used a tiny, specially fabricated oven to evaporate molecules onto the cold crystal, allowing them to settle on the clean surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Geese were always an odd band to pin to anxieties about fabricated culture — if a label had resources and abilities to manufacture stars, why not do it for a 100x-hyperscaling pop act instead?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Giving evidence on Thursday, the former stripper denied the allegations and said: "I believe they've been fabricated."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Police said their safeguards had limited the impact, but that these "do not diminish the seriousness of an AI system presenting fabricated information as though it came from a person with knowledge of a homicide."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Immediately below this manifesto squats the stove, fabricated from a rusty oil drum.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Singh worked with Jyoti Katoch, an associate professor of physics who specializes in fabricating devices from such materials.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

During that time, he made a slew of enemies — from mob figures who accused him of fabricating evidence to fellow law enforcement officials who described him as a glory-seeking loose cannon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

He has previously accused Russian authorities of "fabricating new pretexts to restrict Russians' access to Telegram".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The White House isn’t accusing the Times of fabricating a story about the plane’s vulnerabilities.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Its inhabitants were reduced to fabricating adzes out of giant clamshells.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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